WeighingIn Blog

This week, in , Wei Perng, MPH, MD, dives into what real traditional American food looks like.

What are traditional American dishes? Wei Perng, MPH, MD

This month, one of CoRAL's newest research assistants, Kameela Afifi, analyzes the negative side to artificial sweeteners. Read more here!

The Bittersweet Reality of Artificial Sweeteners ​

Wanted: Human Milk Donors: https://weighinginblog.org/blog/wanted-human-milk-donors

Imagine dropping by the grocery store to buy some milk – but alongside cow’s milk you see human milk from donors too. The cow’s milk costs about $3 per gallon, and there are mountains upon mountains of containers on the shelves. The human donor milk costs more than $500 per gallon and shelves are nearly empty. While dramatized here, this is the situation some neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and families encounter trying to feed their tiniest babies....

Wanted: Human Milk Donors ​ ​Andrew Parsons, Harvard Medical Student

Can We Predict The Risk Of Diabetes? Dr. ​Diana Juvinao-Quintero, PhD provides insight:

https://weighinginblog.org/blog/can-we-predict-the-risk-of-diabetes

Does Neighborhood Opportunity Impact Adolescent Metabolic Risk? Check out the post from Dr. Izzuddin Aris, PhD here:

https://weighinginblog.org/blog/does-neighborhood-opportunity-impact-adolescent-metabolic-risk