If we are what we eat, what will we be with climate change?

Submitted by Uriyoan Colon-Ramos on 16 July 2024 - 12:28pm

This opinion column was published in El Nuevo Día on July 12, 2024, you can access the column at this link.

I grew up in the 1980s, wanting to eat chips, cheetos and other bags full of junk food while my mom tried to push a plate of rice and beans down my throat. Today, as a scientist, I study why we eat what we eat, and how it affects our health.

November: Diabetes Awareness Month

Submitted by Uriyoan Colon-Ramos and Josiemer Mattei on 17 November 2016 - 9:35am

Written by: Uriyoán Colón Ramos, Assistant Professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health of the George Washington University & Josiemer Mattei, Assistant Professor in the TH Chan Harvard School of Public Health.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. We are participating in this worldwide campaign in order to promote awareness about what is diabetes, as well as prevention and treatment measures.

What is diabetes?