Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry […]

Susan Nitzke studies ways to improve the effectiveness of nutritional education programs. A professor emerita and extension specialist in nutritional sciences, she shares nutrition advice […]

What does a healthy diet look like? That question will be easier to answer with the help of the new MyPlate website and consumer materials […]

Children are packing on pounds during a season once associated with outdoor activity and exercise. Addressing that problem means confronting a number of factors that are contributing to poor health in our children.

Susan Nitzke, chair of the nutritional sciences department, specializes in nutrition education topics of interest to Wisconsin families, including federal dietary guidelines, behavioral nutrition and […]

Sarah Jacquart, a doctoral student in nutritional sciences, leads GardenFit, a program designed to study and promote  the health of overweight youth. For eight weeks […]

Five doctoral programs at the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences rank in the top 15 percent in their respective fields, according to an […]

After spending the morning spreading hay mulch and bark at Madison’s East High Youth Farm, a group of middle-schoolers lined up for a well-deserved lunch. […]

In an effort to expand dietary options for individuals with a rare genetic condition known as phenylketonuria, a team of UW-Madison scientists is assessing a unique protein found only in whey, the liquid byproduct of cheese-making, that appears to be safe for this group to eat.