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Brenda Davy PhD RDN

@davybrenda.bsky.social

Professor at Virginia Tech, Researcher, Runner, Mom, Gardener, Lab lover (canine & science types), Kevin is my other half

155 Followers  |  104 Following  |  41 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  1.5994

Latest posts by davybrenda.bsky.social on Bluesky

“..it should be junked at this point.”

(clearly more than just a formatting problem, which is how the administration is describing the errors)

“White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say”
@washingtonpost.com

30.05.2025 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

Errors were “characteristic of the use of generative AI.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

30.05.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh good grief.

“RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals” @washingtonpost.com

28.05.2025 12:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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4 Key Takeaways from a New White House Report on Children’s Health

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w...

23.05.2025 12:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Water intake, hydration, and weight management: the glass is half-full! The lack of practical and effective strategies to manage hunger and adhere to a weight management intervention represents a critical barrier to the we…

Our new water and weight control paper is out! From the 2024 @ssibsociety.bsky.social meeting -
A brief research overview and description on our ongoing trial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Kennedy Is Right About the Chemicals in Our Food

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

12.05.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Can New Weight-Loss Drugs Help in a World Awash in Addictive Foods?

Interesting commentary article from Dr. David Kessler: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

07.05.2025 11:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“..research has found microplastics everywhere…even in human brains…”

Microplastics may confuse bees and other insects, hurting pollination @washingtonpost.com

27.04.2025 13:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RFK Jr. Wants to Ban Food Dyes. Manufacturers Are in No Hurry. Companies make packaged food without synthetic dyes in other countries. But despite pressure from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the change isn’t likely to happen quickly in the United States.

Companies make packaged food without synthetic dyes in other countries. But despite pressure from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, the change isn’t likely to happen in the U.S. quickly.

25.04.2025 13:48 — 👍 86    🔁 15    💬 29    📌 6
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Kennedy Wants to Ban Some Food Dyes. Here’s What the Data Shows. The federal health department has said it will move to phase out eight artificial dyes, citing health concerns.

It really seems like the administration’s focus on UPF is limited to this…at least a step in the right direction?!? But UPF appear to be problematic in so many other ways.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/w...

25.04.2025 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH

If you have NIH funding or are submitting proposals - fyi:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

22.04.2025 18:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr.

"What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"

18.04.2025 00:42 — 👍 434    🔁 166    💬 22    📌 15

Anyone else oscillating between fury & existential crisis this morning?

…a 40% budget cut for what was our primary science funder…consolidating a bunch of institutes into an
Institute of Body Systems?!? Maybe they can get Ms. Frizzle to run that one…..

17.04.2025 13:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with framed pictures on it ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with framed pictures on it

Ugh so sorry….

16.04.2025 22:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy | CNN When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause...

www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/h...

16.04.2025 22:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Nutritionist Marion Nestle Meets Her Moment, At 88 After five decades in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marion Nestle thought she had seen it all. Then came “Make America Healthy Again.”

On nutrition: “The best advice is boring”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/w...

08.04.2025 11:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Lab Racing to Find Out What Microplastics Are Doing to Our Bodies Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects.

yikes -would really like to know more about how packaged foods may be contributing to this….
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...

08.04.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

03.04.2025 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Help track what’s at stake

25.03.2025 05:01 — 👍 69    🔁 30    💬 0    📌 1
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West Virginia Bans 7 Artificial Food Dyes, Citing Health Concerns At least 20 other states are considering bills restricting the use of certain food dyes and additives.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...

25.03.2025 12:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@virginiatech.bsky.social #Hokies WBB getting started in game 2 of the #WBIT vs. Texas Tech

23.03.2025 20:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Researchers say the US government tried to erase sexual orientation from their findings Two California researchers say a U.S. government health publication instructed them to remove data on sexual orientation from a scientific manuscript.
23.03.2025 18:43 — 👍 134    🔁 42    💬 4    📌 3
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Hokies up 39-18 vs NC A&T in first round WBIT - great response after going 0-11 in the start of the first qtr! @virginiatech.bsky.social

20.03.2025 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alright we gotta game! Slimmer crowd than usual for a @virginiatech.bsky.social #Homies women’s hoops match but a passionate group here! First round #WBIT vs NC A&T
10 vs 15 2qtr

20.03.2025 22:25 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

YESSS!!
“At 68, she’s going viral for her buff arms. Meet ‘Granny Guns.’ “
@washingtonpost.com

(Jeremy L - are you on here?)

20.03.2025 12:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Well, I am officially in hostile territory! Boo ‘hoos! Just kidding, UVa.

Presenting some of our preliminary findings tomo from one of our UPF projects 😊

16.03.2025 20:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dont No GIF ALT: Dont No GIF

What a great story! I was hoping there would be a happy ending (& no govt firing

16.03.2025 16:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“We analyzed dozens of ultra-processed snacks. These are the healthiest options”

@washingtonpost.com

(If you’d like options other plain nuts, fresh fruit & veggies, air-popped popcorn…)

11.03.2025 12:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Are Ultraprocessed Foods Addictive? The question has generated controversy among scientists. Here’s what we know.

@difeliceantonio.bsky.social
@kevinh-phd.bsky.social
@danasmall.bsky.social
A good read, by @alicecallahan.bsky.social @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/w...

09.03.2025 14:22 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

People keep saying oh your research program is probably safe. No it’s not. There’s is no “safe” research program unless they are all decided by merit and not political whim (which is how it was done until Jan 20th).
The goal is to dismantle American universities.

08.03.2025 14:26 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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