Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity
The University of California’s Sugar, Stress, Environment & Weight Initiative (SSEW) is hosting its 11th annual symposium – “Hungry for Change: Food Insecurity, Stress & Obesity” – on the UCLA …
Obesity Conference Elevates Voices of Youth Advocates
It’s no secret that obesity is a serious health issue in the United States. Obesity rates have doubled for adults and preschool children over the last 30 years, and they’ve …
National Nutrition Month Encourages Better Health
It starts with a single step. Eating healthier is often best achieved by starting small – not trying to change everything overnight. That’s the message of National Nutrition Month® 2017 …
UC Global Food Initiative Gets Results
We’ve told you about the UC Global Food Initiative, which was launched by University of California President Janet Napolitano in 2014. This ambitious initiative is addressing one of the most compelling issues …
Hilal Elver, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
“Governments have a role to play to help hasten agricultural reforms as appropriate to the conditions of each particular society. Global food policy is increasingly organically interconnected. Any broad policy …
Q&A (part 1): Dr. Kenneth Quinn, Diplomat & World Food Prize President
“Other countries are engaged in that kind of public research. China will invest more money in that type of agricultural research than the U.S. Here we have an area where …
Childhood hunger, food as Rx, water + soil, Generation Peak Booze
Good morning! It’s been a busy week. We’ve wrapped up some of the week’s most important and interesting stories for you to read today…or over the weekend. Dive in! …
TPP and your plate, taking on “big soda” and changing “big food”
Good morning … another busy week off to a start! We’ve selected some articles you may have missed that are worth a read. In no particular order: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and …
The big loser is: Oklahoma City; avian influenza; debate questions we’d like to see and more
Hope you are having a good day…time to take a break and bite into some tasty news! Millennials are driving an $18 billion food revolution. A panel of experts gathered …
Food: safety, feeding the world, education, politics, obesity, access and policy
So much news…! Food safety conviction. Earlier this week, the owner and CEO of a peanut company (now defunct) was sentenced to 28 years in jail for his role …