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Dorothea Vafiadis

Senior Director of NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging

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Dorothea Vafiadis, MS, has more than 20 years' professional experience in public health and at nonprofit organizations, including developing nutrition and prevention strategies, translating science-based recommendations to drive behavior change, and establishing nutrition policy guidelines with USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. She is a member of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Food Forum.

Dorothea Vafiadis

Latest from Dorothea Vafiadis

  1. How Sleep Affects Your Health

    May 20, 2024
    A senior Caucasian couple is sleeping comfortably in bed together.

  2. How Culturally Competent Strategies Are Boosting Vaccine Uptake Among Urban Native Elders

    Apr 25, 2024
    Learn how culturally competent, community-led vaccination strategies are supporting efforts to improve vaccination rates among urban American Indian elders.

  3. Excess Weight, Food Security, and Mental Health: Is There A Connection?

    Apr 11, 2024
    The new USDA Foods Information Sheet is seen at Focus: HOPE, a local agency located in Detroit, Michigan that operates the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) in a client choice model so that participants can select the foods they want in each food category.

  4. How to Care for Obesity: 5 Actions for Older Adults

    Feb 27, 2024
    An up close shot of a large senior Black woman wearing a blue t-shirt, sitting outside smiling for the camera.

  5. How Excess Weight Impacts Our Mental and Emotional Health

    Feb 27, 2024
    Two Black senior women are out exercising while smiling and talking to each other.

  6. How Do Weight Bias and Stigma Affect Patients With Obesity?

    Feb 27, 2024
    A senior Mexican man is looking confidently at the camera.

  7. Obesity Treatment and Medicare: A Guide to Understanding Coverage

    Feb 27, 2024
    Our integrated care toolkit breaks down Medicare and Medicaid coverage options in an easy-to-understand format for counselors and consumers.

  8. Make Food Safety a Priority

    Jan 30, 2024
    Closeup shot of a food container in a fridge that is labeled as "leftovers" with masking tape.

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