February 9, 2026
Zamora Contributes to 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Daisy Zamora, PhD, contributes to the scientific evidence review informing the newly released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).
Tag: Food
September 11, 2025
Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It
Published in Neuron, new research demonstrates how a high-fat diet, even short-term, can rapidly affect brain health, but there are ways to reverse this and prevent long-term cognitive decline.
July 15, 2025
New Research Finds Changing Your Diet Could Ease Persistent Headaches After Brain Injury
A new study, led by investigators in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals how dietary changes significantly reduce persistent post-traumatic headaches, a common and debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury.
January 9, 2025
Nasrallah Serves As Expert Diet Reviewer for US News & World Report Best Diets Overall 2025
Lana Nasrallah, MPH, RD, LDN, clinical dietitian and manager of Outpatient Nutrition Services at UNC Hospitals, shares expertise as a panelist for the US News & World Report Best Diets Overall 2025.
February 25, 2024
Drug in OUtMATCH Clinical Trial FDA-Approved for the Reduction of Allergic Reactions from Accidental Food Exposures
Stage one results from the OUtMATCH clinical trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that a monoclonal antibody, omalizumab, increased the amount of peanut, tree nuts, egg, milk and wheat that multi-food allergic children as young as age one could consume without an allergic reaction. Edwin Kim, MD, Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, and Mike Kulis, PhD, are contributing authors.
February 24, 2024
Berkowitz Authors NEJM Perspective Piece on Food Insecurity
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, wrote perspective piece on how medically tailored meals address health consequences of food insecurity.
September 15, 2021
Blue Cross NC, UNC Health Join Forces for New Clinical Study to Improve Food Security, Chronic Health Conditions
With a $3.2-million dollar investment, Blue Cross NC is collaborating with UNC Health and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers to conduct a first-of-its-kind clinical study to establish sustainable best practices for helping individuals put nutritious food options on the table and improve health.
August 11, 2021
SuperSNAP Helps Food Insecure Households Afford Healthy Foods
Led by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers, a new JAMA study showed that an additional $40 per month for SNAP beneficiaries substantially increased the purchase of healthier food options for people who struggle with food insecurity.
August 19, 2020
New Chatham Food Hub connects communities with access to local food during COVID-19 pandemic
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and UNC Health worked with Chatham County and N.C. State Extension partners to create a one-stop food hub at Bray Park in Siler City, which includes free meals and non-perishable foods for low-income customers as well as meals for purchase from local restaurants and farmers struggling to remain solvent during the pandemic.
June 26, 2019
Food allergens may trigger development of autoimmune diseases, other food allergic diseases
Food allergens have been known to cause food allergy to allergic individuals. However, no medical research has before reported that food allergens may also trigger the development of autoimmune diseases.
April 2, 2018
Medically Tailored Meal Delivery Service Reduces Costs for High Utilizers of Health Care
Study led by Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the department of medicine, finds a 16 percent drop in emergency department and inpatient expense.
February 20, 2013
Announcements from UNC Hospitals’ Nutrition & Food Services
A number of changes will take affect Feb. 25 in UNC Hospitals’ cafes: Beginning Feb. 25, UNC Hospitals’ patients will be able to order from a Late Night Restaurant Delivery menu; the Starbucks Cafe will be open 24 hours a day offering an extended menu; the Terrace Cafe will close each night from 9 p.m. – 6:30 a.m.; and co-workers will be able to call in orders using a Late Night Restaurant Delivery menu from midnight – 4 a.m. each night.