Archive for July 16th, 2021

USW restructures programs and planning department

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US — The US Wheat Associates (USW) is making changes to its headquarters office to better serve its customers and stakeholders by dividing the program and planning department.

Previously serving the organization as vice president of programs and planning, Jennifer Sydney will shift titles to vice president of planning. In this role, Sydney will continue leading USW’s annual planning process and manage all facets of its intersection with federal programs, finance, and overseas office operations.

While Erica Oakley was promoted ...

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Study links whole grain intake to waist size

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, US — Greater intake of whole grains was associated with smaller increases in waist size in a study appearing online July 13 in The Journal of Nutrition. Among middle- to older-age adults, waist size over a four-year period increased by an average of more than 1 inch in participants who ate less than one-half serving per day of whole grains. Among those who ate at least three servings of whole grains a day, waist size increased by about ...

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