School of Nutrition and Health Promotion faculty Karen Sweazea, PhD and Carol Johnston, PhD, RN, were awarded funding to explore how almonds can help control blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetics.
The proposal entitled, "Almond Ingestion to Reduce Hemoglobin A1C in Individuals with...more
The Student Nutrition Council (SNC) raised over $2700 at Relay for Life on April 20, 2012. The event was held at the ASU Sun Angel track and field stadium at the Tempe campus. Relay for Life is a fundraising event to support cancer research for the American Cancer Society.
Donna Winham, DrPH, MCHES, Sharon Thompson, and Andrea M Hutchins co-authored research that appears on the Nutrition Journal web site. The research evaluated the glycemic response of bean and rice traditional meals compared to rice alone in adults (seventeen men and women) with type 2 diabetes...more
In March, 2012 Sonia Vega-López, PhD, was elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Council of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism (NPAM). These honors recognize Vega-López’ scientific and professional accomplishments, as well as her leadership and service to...more
GenoVive, a pioneer in DNA-based, all-natural weight management solutions, recently announced School of Nutrition and Health Promotion Barbara Ainsworth PhD, MPH, FACSM, FNAK joined the organization's Scientific Advisory Board.
The National Collegiate Leadership Conference (NCLC) took place February 17th-19th and students from every ASU campus were accepted to attend. Annually held in Tuscon at The University of Arizona, students from across the entire country were brought together to take part in workshops, seminars...more
Nutrition graduate student, Catherine Jarrett has received the prestigious Novo Nordisk Travel Award from the Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society for her abstract, "In vitro effects of acute exposure to hyperglycemic conditions on endothelium-...more
The Physical Activity Special Primary Interest Group (PA SPIG) recently named an annual research award for Steven P. Hooker, PhD, FACSM. The honor was to recognize the five years of service Hooker provided as chair of the initial leadership team, inaugural chair of the PA SPIG once it was...more
