Tag: healthy living
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Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture hosts first research workshop
Stakeholders discussed human nutrition programs, needs and priorities…
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American Heart Association grant to bolster Texas student health
The grant is awarded to Jacob Szeszulski, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research assistant professor with IHA, in Dallas.
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Agriculture Nutrition Workshop
On August 1-2, the IHA held its first workshop to engage selected key stakeholders from the food-ag value chain. Working to focus food systems on improving human health, while supporting the environment and economy, the IHA used this workshop to engage production agriculture groups to further understand priorities, gaps and opportunities in precision nutrition, responsive…
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Dr. MacMillan Uribe, Study provides new insights into how acculturation affects what teens eat
“Looking at dietary acculturation in teens is important because they may experience acculturation differently from adults,” said research team leader Alexandra L. MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN, assistant professor at the Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture (IHA). “For example, they may be more susceptible to the influence of their peer groups….”
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Top experts recruited to lead Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture at Texas A&M
Texas A&M’s Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, IHA – the world’s first academic institute to connect responsive agriculture, precision nutrition, and behavioral and social sciences research for public health – announced today an expansion of its leadership team…