(6/9/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “As a nation, we are consuming too much sugar, much of it through sweetened beverages,” registered dietitian Joan Salge Blake tells Newsmax Health. “We’re gulping it, not eating it, and in the process are consuming added calories without any added nutrition.” Read full article.
“Endurance training has made Nasson a powerhouse in the water. She was the first female swimmer from BU to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 1988, and last August she made the Patriot League 25th Anniversary Team. In summer 2016, she will compete at the 2016 Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebr.W. When she’s not in […]
(6/6/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake writes about the issue of musical celebrities endorsing unhealthy snacks, citing research such as “more than 70 percent of the beverage and food endorsements were for sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food.” Read the full article.
(6/1/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake featured. Expert quote: “Why this is fabulous is because over 70% of the sodium Americans consume is outside the home in either packaged foods or restaurants,” Salge Blake says. “So unless this industry comes on board to help lower the sodium, Americans are not going to be able […]
(6/1/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “People who dine out more frequently tend to have a higher BMI than those who don’t.” Read the full article.
Washington Post Opinion Writer Alexandra Petri delivers the 2016 Sargent College Commencement Address.
(5/27/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “If you look at men and women in this age group, women always do better with vegetables and fruit. And that’s right off the bat.” Read full article.
The Master of Science Program in Speech-Language Pathology offers the following Summer 2016 information sessions: Friday, June 17 at 4:30Friday, July 8 at 4:30Friday, August 12 at 4:30 To RSVP, please contact Allie Michels.
09/09/16: Elin Roverud, PhD, postdoctoral associate at Boston University 10/07/16: Laurence B. Leonard, PhD, Rachel E. Stark Distinguished Professor and Director of the Child Language Research Laboratory at Purdue University 11/04/16: Gina Kuperberg, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Department of Psychology, Tufts University and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital 12/09/16: Gregory Lof, PhD, Department Chair, […]
(5/20/16) Associate Professor and Health Sciences Department Chair Paula Quatromoni quoted. Expert quote: “[Compulsive exercise is] more and more common and happening at rates that are alarming if people paid attention.” View full article.
(5/19/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “Don’t assume because it’s exotic and highly priced, it’s more nutritious than other produce in the produce aisle,” Blake warned. “Let’s not make these trendy foods nutritionally superior to things you’ve grown up with.” View full article.
(5/15/16) Commencement ends a bittersweet chapter for SAR grad Avion Cummings. Read the story in BU Today.
2016 Meredith E. Drench Lecture “Keeping Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome Healthy: Medical Updates for Health Care Professionals” was presented by Dr. Brian G. Skotko and Melissa J. Reilly. Watch the 2016 lecture here.
(5/2/16) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “Salt has many functions in the body, including supplying the needed electrolytes to balance fluid both inside and outside of cells. But too much salt increases the rate of hypertension, stroke, and heart disease.” View full article.
Sargent College is thrilled to welcome Washington Post Opinion Writer Alexandra Petri as our 2016 convocation speaker. Petri is a columnist for the publication’s ComPost blog where her satirical wit offers a “lighter take on the news and opinions of the day.” In addition to her work at the Post, Petri is a playwright, stand-up […]