KPCC-FM quoted Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School about the need for sensitive populations – like younger adults or seniors – to actively check air quality before going outdoors and whether current Environmental Protection Agency standards for acceptable pollution levels should be reexamined. “I always wonder if the standard that’s set for the entire population is perhaps a little too high for what we would want for older populations,” she said.
The Huffington Post noted research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on the benefits of intermittent fasting.
Reuters featured a Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study coauthored by Maria Schellenberger of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology on how registered dietician nutritionists could help patients at addiction recovery centers think about the ways food affects mental health, eating disorders and cravings.
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