Monthly Archives: August 2012

Potato chips are really bad for you. Sad…

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

I really like chips. Especially the jalapeno flavored ones I used to get in Washington Heights. Miss Vickies to be precise. They are good here in Italy too – especially when accompanied by Prosecco as an aperitivo. And maybe this … Continue reading →

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Building better systems for food and nutrition security

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

There is a new paper out in the PNAS journal on food and nutrition security systems. I have seen a few other papers that try to modelfood and nutrition security as an integrated system, but this one is the most … Continue reading →

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The Holy Grail of Nutrition, at least this month

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

One of the holy grails in nutrition is to better understand how agriculture and our food system can improve nutrition and health. Well, it is the current flavor of the month. Often called “nutrition sensitive programming or approaches,” most are … Continue reading →

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The Obesity Riddle

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

By 2015, the year in which the Millennium Development Goals will come to an end, it is estimated that worldwide, one in every third persons will be overweight and one in ten will be obese. Staggering statistics yes? Why is … Continue reading →

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