Childhood obesity researcher | Passionate about nutrition | Assistant Professor @USCArnoldSchool
Columbia, SC
Joined June 2018
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
SBM supports passing the EAT Local Foods Act—a bill to promote economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers to strengthen local food supply chains, access to nutritious foods among households experiencing food insecurity.
Read our full #PositionStatement here: sbm.org/advocacy/policy-posi… #SBMAdvocacy
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SBM supports increasing funding to schools by raising reimbursable school meal rates, to reduce barriers to complying with updated school nutrition guidelines that will reduce health and academic disparities.
Read our full #PositionStatement here: sbm.org/advocacy/policy-posi… #SBMAdvocacy
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
Not 1... not 2... not 3... but 4 (FOUR!!) new faculty positions with @UofSCExSci! 3 tenure track and 1 clinical line. In the immortal words of the Beastie Boys, 'Ch-check it out'. @USCArnoldSchool @UofSC
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
Excited to see this in print @JAMAPediatrics! Providing free access to existing summer day camps is a viable strategy for mitigating accelerated BMI gain - see results of our 3yr RCT below. @MW_Beets @chrispfledderer @kbrazendale7 @ElizabethLAdams @ArmstrongACOI @ACOIatUofSC
RCT: Providing free access to summer day camps for children from low-income households mitigated accelerated BMI gain during the summer months.
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
‼️Job alert‼️@UofSCExSci is hiring an Assistant Professor with a focus on child health and well-being.
Please share with your network!
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
Guess what - I am accepting a PhD student! Apply if you’re interested in promoting the health & resilience of minoritized families using prevention/community-based research. 🧵
Check out our new policy brief on front of package nutrition labeling - led by the amazing @DrSaraStGeorge! @FIGResearchLab @TheGuyititian
Clear labels, healthier choices! 🍎
The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports front-of-package nutrition labeling to empower you in making better food decisions and combat chronic diseases.
Let's build a healthier future together!
bit.ly/FoodPkgLabel #FOPNL
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
Now hiring a Post-Doctoral Fellow with interests in behavioral interventions, technology, and the MOST framework! If you're interested, please reach out or apply - uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/1678…
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
The @AmerAcadPeds is applauding new standards reducing sugar in school meals for the first time.
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Big news!
Today @SecVilsack has announced major steps to promote the heath of America's children through nutritious school meals. @USDANutrition will gradually update nutrition standards for school meals between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027 ⬇️ usda.gov/media/press-release…
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
One last flashback to the @BehavioralMed annual meeting to say THANK YOU @ElizabethLAdams for your service as chair to the Child and Family Health SIG. We appreciate you! Aspirations to be chair one day? Join one of our sub-committees! More info 👇
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
“I have chased academic excellence my whole life. I’m to the point that I’m chasing academic relevance.”
-@DrRobWinn delivers the keynote address, “Innovation Does Not Equal Impact for All: Cancer Health Disparities and ZNA,” at the @BehavioralMed Annual Meeting.
#SBM2024
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
👀 Interested in pursuing a PhD and exploring children’s sleep, physical activity, screen time, and nutrition in a highly collaborative and supportive training environment? Come work with us at @ACOIatUofSC! 😴🏃🏽📱🍽
Congrats to our partners, @FoodShareSC, on your new space and tremendous impact!! 🥑🥬🌽🍎
Elizabeth Adams retweeted
Happiness is not about reaching your goals. It's about aligning your goals with your values.
Progress without purpose is empty. Achievement without impact is fleeting.
Success is most rewarding when it serves the people and principles that matter to you.
Prioritize Food Is Medicine initiatives in the 2024 Farm Bill 🍎🥑🍇
@AmyYaroch @FIGResearchLab @KristiWhitePhD @brookemariebell @BehavioralMed
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Elizabeth Adams retweeted
On the first day of Christmas Iowa, Nebraska and Florida took from you...
Summer feeding programs for hungry kids.
Bah Humbug to everyone involved in making these awful, hateful decisions that hurt children.
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