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Current Nutrition Center News

Graduation surprise
Campus News |

News stories from the summer featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Luara Kruskall stands between isles of foot pantry
People |

Faculty/staff outreach award recipient Laura Kruskall developed a multifaceted approach to address food insecurity while providing opportunities for students.

Nutrition Center In The News

Las Vegas Weekly

The pandemic has done a number on our stomachs. We’re mostly stuck at home—whether working remotely or just staying safe in quarantine. And it’s too easy to just snack all day.

Newswise

As local, state, and federal public health officials continue to urge social distancing as the best way to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic, Americans across the country are hunkering down in their homes and finding ways to adjust to the new, albeit temporary, restrictions on daily life.

Newswise

As local, state, and federal public health officials continue to urge social distancing as the best way to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic, Americans across the country are hunkering down in their homes and finding ways to adjust to the new, albeit temporary, restrictions on daily life.

Greatist

File this under: weird things bodybuilders do to show off their gains. There’s a diet out there called the tuna diet. It’s a short-term, crash diet designed to yield rapid weight loss.

El Tiempo

“The Hispanic community is very likely to develop chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, so it is very important to instill healthy habits in children. I invite you to join us at our eighth festival, which aims to have healthy children, at the festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 28, you will find a lot of information that will allow you to help you find a way to live in a healthy way ”, said Susan Taylor, program manager at the University of Nevada Reno Cooperative Extension, in her Clark County division.

Health Day

At lunchtime, it's easy to fall into a rut. To jazz up this midday meal for your kids or yourself, take some brown-bagging tips from a registered dietitian.

Recent Nutrition Center Accomplishments

Laura Kruskall (Nutrition Center) has been elected and appointed as the chair of the Dietitian Advisory Group of the Department of Health and Human Services, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. She has served as a member of this committee since 2010. The mission of the advisory group is to examine, consider, and make…