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People don t gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. And, living in a more walkable , dense neighborhood likely only has a small impact on weight.
These built-environment amenities have been seen in past research as essential contributors to losing weight or tending toward obesity. The idea appears obvious: If you live next to a fast-food restaurant, you ll eat there more and thus gain weight. Or, if you have a supermarket nearby, you ll shop there, eat healthier and thus lose weight. Live in a neighborhood that makes walking and biking easier and you ll get out, exercise more and burn more calories.
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Graduate student Naomi Nkinsi was chosen for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
Naomi Nkinsi grew up in Yaoundé, Cameroon, speaking French, wearing brightly colored clothes, and her name was pronounced “Now-me.”
Her parents were from the Democratic Republic of Congo and she grew up with a rich history of African culture. But when she moved to a suburb of Atlanta when she was 6, she changed her name to “Nay-o-me” and ditched the brightly colored clothes for jeans and T-shirts. She struggled to fit in.
Nkinsi, now a third-year Global Health Pathway medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine and public health student at the University of Washington School of Public Health, is one of 30 winners of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Winners get $90,000 unless graduating sooner. This is a highly competitive fellowship looking for graduate students who are going to make the most significant c
Joint CDC and UW study finds significant distrust within incarcerated populations towards COVID-19 vaccine Sydney Kurle | Apr 8, 2021
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In a study conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and University of Washington (UW), fewer than half of the inmates in jails and prisons said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine, while a majority either said they wanted to wait before getting the vaccine or would refuse one.
The study, led by Dr. Marc Stern, affiliate assistant professor of health services in the UW School of Public Health, was part of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The researchers surveyed more than 5,000 inmates, both men and women, in late 2020 from three prisons and 13 jails in Washington, California, Florida and Texas.