Center for the Study of Obesity
July 25, 2025
UAMS Researchers Study Effect of Nutritional Support in Cancer Care
A group from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is leading a study that addresses food security among cancer patients. The UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Obesity, along with the UAMS Culinary Medicine program and clinical oncology social workers, are collaborating to conduct the study,…
July 2, 2024
UAMS Collaborates with Little Rock School to Promote Healthy Cooking
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for the Study of Obesity collaborated with UAMS Culinary Medicine to pilot a cooking demonstration project at Chicot Elementary and Early Childhood Center in the Little Rock School District (LRSD). The center, which is part of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, launched…
July 27, 2023
NIH Awards UAMS $1.2 Million to Study Impact of Nutrition on Children’s Behavioral, Mental Health Conditions
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for the Study of Obesity will lead a $1.2 million, multiorganization, three-year research project examining how the availability of school meals benefits the mental and behavioral status of youths. Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health…
May 24, 2023
UAMS Obesity Center Participates in Meeting Focused on Promoting Health Equity in Little Rock
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Center for the Study of Obesity recently hosted a meeting titled “Advancing Health Equity through Little Rock Community Schools” at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. Little Rock Community Schools is a collaboration between the City of Little Rock and the Little Rock…
January 18, 2023
UAMS Joins Community Collaboration to Create Green Spaces at Little Rock Elementary Schools
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support its role in a collaboration to improve school playgrounds in Little Rock. Year one of the 4-year (NIH) grant is for $389,847. Funding for the following years will…
May 12, 2022
UAMS Researchers Find Student Behavior Improves When Schools Serve Breakfast after Class Begins
LITTLE ROCK — A research team, which included Andres Cuadros-Menaca, Ph.D., and Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, discovered that schools providing breakfast after the school day begins (Breakfast After the Bell) experienced a decrease in student behavior issues. The study, published…
October 7, 2021
Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., Invested in Inaugural Governor Sidney S. McMath Endowed Chair in Obesity Prevention
LITTLE ROCK — Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., professor in the Health Policy and Management Department in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, was invested Oct. 6 in the inaugural Governor Sidney S. McMath Endowed Chair in Obesity Prevention. “To be entrusted with this endowment is the honor…