Resources

• 04/21/2020 - 13:41

Obesity may be a risk factor in deaths caused by COVID-19, concludes a new analysis published in the journal Obesity by GW Milken Institute School of Public Health experts.

Carlos Santos-Burgoa, MD, MPH, PhD, a professor of global health; and William Dietz, MD, PhD, chair of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, looked at previous research on the H₁N₁ influenza pandemic as well as reports coming in from Italy and China and concluded that obesity is likely a pre-existing disease that can make COVID-19 worse.

• 03/30/2020 - 13:24

On March 24, 2020, the Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service in response to the proposal: "Simplifying Meal Service and Monitoring Requirements in the National Lunch and School Breakfast Program." The Center strongly opposes the proposed rule because it would result in students being served less nutritious, higher calorie foods, and likely cause increases in childhood obesity and other poor health outcomes.

• 03/05/2020 - 14:11

This month, in conjunction with Obesity Care Week in the U.S. and World Obesity Day, the Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness joined leading experts, clinicians and advocates from across the world in a new consensus statement for eliminating weight bias and stigma of obesity.

• 06/07/2019 - 15:09

On April 9, 2019, Bill Dietz delivered testimony before DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on the FY2020 proposed public school budget and urged Council to ensure the newly passed Healthy Students Amendments Act (HSAA) receive full funding to enable implementation this year.

• 06/07/2019 - 15:01

On March 25, 2019, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement describing the "grave health threat" of excess consumption of sugary drinks by children and adolescents -- particularly in minority and low-income communities. Bill Dietz, Redstone Center Chair, is a co-author.