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The latest issue of the Tucson Weekly examines Tucson's food system and its relationship to our local economy after the Great Recession. They talked to two Nutritional Sciences professors - assistant professor of practice Rani Olson and assistant professor Dr. Melanie Hingle - about nutrition and food insecurity among our children and families and about national and local efforts to improve access to nutritious food.
Dr. Ann Skulas-Ray appeared on KGUN-9's Good Morning Tucson on January 28, 2019, to discuss the risks of fad dieting and the potential rewards of changing your eating behavior using the "slow-and-go" method.
Nutritional Sciences professor Richard Simpson recently authored a study showing that astronauts who embarked on spaceflights lasting longer than six months experienced a decrease in the functionality of NK cells, which serve an important role in the immune system by killing cancerous cells and preventing viruses from reactivating.