Shu Wen Ng is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Trained as a health economist, she is interested in studying the role of dietary change and shifts in physical activity patterns in weight gain among those experiencing rapid economic and social change. Her work involves investigated the design and use of food pricing policies and food assistance programs to encourage healthier food offerings, purchases and dietary consumption while narrowing disparities and inequities. On the Global Food Research Program, Shu Wen leads studies that use commercial food purchase, food sales data and Nutrition Facts Panel data, as well as publicly available household income-expenditure, price and census data. Shu Wen has extensive modeling experience with multi-level and instrumental variable models, survival analysis\/ hazard modeling, propensity scoring, time-series and dynamic panel estimation analyses. She teaches National Nutrition Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I\u2019m in a time crunch, I love to make<\/em>…<\/strong> avocado soup! Puree 3-4 ripe avocados with ~1 cup skim milk (adjust based on preference), dash of cayenne & black pepper, hint of salt, and juice of \u00bd a lime. Top with cooked shrimp and\/or cilantro for garnish, and voila! Best if made a few hours ahead, chilled and served cold (great on a hot summer day!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The craziest thing I\u2019ve ever eaten is<\/em>…<\/strong> fried tarantula (in Cambodia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a good workout, nothing beats<\/em>…<\/strong> a glass of cold chocolate almond milk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7853,"template":"","uncgfrp_team_type":[],"class_list":["post-219","uncgfrp_team","type-uncgfrp_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n