Associate Professor
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences | Nutritional Sciences
Hometown: Oak Creek, WI
Dr. Olson has worked in community-based nutrition research and programs for 25 years, starting with positions at The Kellogg Company in research & development and marketing. She now works at UW Madison doing research and outreach to help individuals and families make the healthiest choices possible in nutrition and health.
Talks:
Getting Older - Should We Care More About Our Nutrition?
As we age, we may think some changes in our health our inevitable. However, good nutrition and remaining active can help us keep strong enough to keep doing all the things we enjoy. This talk will cover the evolving research on nutrition as we age.
What is a healthy diet? Is protein the good guy and carbs the bad guy?!
This talk helps people cope with the headlines that say butter is out, butter is back, or we need more protein and then-we get too much protein! Is dietary advice really changing all the time, or does the news just make it seem that way? We’ll try to make sense of it all.
UnPacking Ultra-Processed Foods
Have you seen the headlines about “ultraprocessed foods”? What are are they, and why is everyone talking about them? This talk will look at definitions of ultraprocessed foods, their role in health, and look at how we can use this information to choose a healthy diet.