This short blog post gives an overview of some internal discussions as we finalized our paper and all the fun,…
Category: Food systems posts
The Great Disconnect with the food systems/global nutrition
“Food is there to profit, not to nourish you,” says Prof.Raj Patel in the podcast by Mark Bittman with Professors….
Creating goodwill out of rejection [in Global Nutrition]
Academia is full of rejection. So much rejection that you can build a business out of it, and many people…
Transdisciplinary research approaches: Perspective from a young researcher in global nutrition
(Introduction by Ramya Ambikapathi with guest post from Ye Shen from Harvard University) I have been really fortunate to have…
Seminar on COVID-19 impacts on health and food systems
Today my colleague and friend, Dr.Veena Sriram and I gave a talk to the Department of Home Science, Women’s Christian…
Researchers be like “I know a caregiver”; it’s always the mother
Disclaimers: Views my own and I welcome feedback. Just published a paper titled “Men’s nutrition knowledge is important for women’s…
Hidden middle, Part 2: Brief snapshot of structural drivers of food environments and food choice in Tanzania, West Africa, and India.
Disclaimers: Views my own and I welcome feedback. Suggested citation below. Last week, I talked about the Hidden Middle report…
Hidden Middle, Part 1: a quiet revolution in the private sector shaping food environments and diets in Africa
[Target audience: peers and younger researchers interested in food systems, development, and global health] Disclaimers: Views my own and I…
Using Google trends to examine food-related behaviors and concerns under COVID-19
Ok, what is Google trends? Google trends is a free analytical service tool that shows what people search for across…
Why Americans and everyone should care about food markets in other countries?
For those in the non-global health field, I am referring to food markets/bazaars, not stock markets or wall street. Why…