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Three researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that schools that fully implemented the “A Matter of Degree” (AMOD) approach prevented drunk driving more effectively than institutions that used traditional alcohol policies that focus on educating individuals...
...Henry Wechsler, principal investigator for the AMOD study and an HSPH lecturer, said that his long-running College Alcohol Study, which spawned AMOD, has not found any evidence that such programs are effective by themselves. Instead, Wechsler’s study showed that a combination of policies that limit access to and consumption of alcohol better curb binge drinking and drunk driving on campuses...
More than a third of cancer-related deaths worldwide can be associated with nine avoidable risk factors, a study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found. In a report published in the UK medical journal The Lancet, the scientists attributed 2.43 million cancer deaths in 2001 to modifiable factors, such as obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of exercise, smoking, alcohol, unsafe sex, and urban air pollution. HSPH Assistant Professor of International Health Majid Ezzati, the lead researcher of the study, said that smoking is the leading cause of death from cancer by some measures, making...
...response to reports of increased salt consumption nationwide, three Harvard professors joined a group of health organizations to petition the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking the government agency to focus on lowering salt consumption. Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dr. Carlos A. Camargo, Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Frank B. Hu, and Professor of Medicine at HSPH, Frank M. Sacks all signed a cover letter of support which accompanied the petition. In the petition filed on Monday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest—the organization...
HUDS’ adjustments are not merely a trivial change of focus. In developing the Food Literacy Project, officials from HUDS consulted Chairman of the Department of Nutrition Walter C. Willett at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Willett emphasizes a heightened concern over saturated fat, instead of total fat, and amount of fiber intake. In keeping with these findings, the HUDS menu planners added whole grain pasta as a daily lunch item last spring. Additionally, the Food Literacy Project is currently modifying the six identifiers on menu cards in dining halls, replacing “percentage of calories...