Obesity is not just a health issue. A recent study by Frontier Economics estimated that the annual cost of adult obesity in the UK is around £54bn. Policies that focus on food environments rather than the individual, could help the nation's health and economy. bit.ly/3FeVaZl

New Report: 26 percent of preventable death is caused by inadequate diets (Tufts Nutrition). foodtank.com/news/2022/12/t…

🥘 #Healthydiets are unaffordable across most of South Asia ❓How to address this & with what trade-offs? An action-packed Day 1 has concluded, but join again tomorrow for part 2 of this important wide-ranging event IFPRI South Asia + CGIAR 🔗 southasia.ifpri.info/tafssa-worksho…

🌿 Wild, edible and nutritious! CGIAR researchers from Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT's Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project identify 39 wild edible plants viable for foraging, consumption and potential sale in markets. Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3GHHOHi CGIAR #OneCGIAR

🗳️VOTE🗳️ for The Drivers of Food Choice Program's #sessionidea for American Society for Nutrition's #2023 meeting‼️ ⬇️ GO ⬇️ nutrition.org/n23-session-id… Find "Understanding individual food choice to transform food systems for human and planetary health" ⬇️ GO ⬇️ #Upvote 🆙🗳️ our proposed session‼️ No logins required‼️

🥦 @rhiannon_osborn talks about how one #farm is aiming to provide a #sustainable community-based model for UK #FoodProduction in her article, Soil to soul 👉 keppelhealthreview.com/spring2022/soi… Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy IFSTAL The Drivers of Food Choice Program Sustainable & Healthy Food Systems UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

#Foodwaste in the household contributes a LOT to #climatechange. Food safety/quality perceptions (e.g., interpretation of expiry dates) influence decisions made about what foods to waste & consume. Read about this novel intervention for food waste reduction in #Ohio⬇️

NEW PAPER OUT!🎉 Regulation plays a key role in the response to food systems problems, like the rise of UPFs. Are current approaches up to the task? Our review finds that systems thinking and ecological regulation can help drive #foodsystems transformation bit.ly/3w6DNpy

In case you missed it 👉 Check out the recording for the latest #CoffeeChaiChat: "Minding the Gap" #Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative", led by Dr. Megan Bourassa & Dr. Ken Brown. youtu.be/So7a7CucUAM

🔥NEW PAPER ALERT🔥 #foodsafety🥬🍅🥕perspectives in #LMIC🌍🌏 by The Drivers of Food Choice Program's very own Sejla Isanovic @digjam23 Shiva Bhandari Sharraf Samin Sigrid Wertheim-Heck Stella Nordhagen Ramya Ambikapathi, PhD Amos Laar @clpatil Prof. Salome Bukachi Ngutu M Christine Blake ⬇️⬇️⬇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Consumption of unsafe foods increases morbidity & mortality & is a serious issue in LMICs. A new paper by our very own Ramya Ambikapathi, PhD & researchers The Drivers of Food Choice Program studies perspectives of how food-safety concerns of consumers translate to food-choice behaviors doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnu…

Great to share our The Drivers of Food Choice Program cross contextual analysis on foodsafety and food consumption in 6 Asian and African countries, highlighting the importance of lived experiences when developing policy interventions. Environmental Policy, Wageningen UR Wageningen Center of Sustainability Governance CGIAR

The new Food and Agriculture Organization report aims to inspire strategic thinking & actions to transform agrifood systems toward a sustainable, resilient, & inclusive future. 📘 To learn more, don't miss this Food and Agriculture Organization-IFPRI-CGIAR event: bit.ly/food-agri #CGIARForesight FAO in North America FAO Social & Economic Development

Who is being reached with nutrition sensitive nutrition interventions? 💸🌱🍲❓@Data_DENT and GAIN DInA - Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance HarvestPlus School Meals Coalition are working to develop new indicators and data collection methods. #FoodandNutritionSurveillance #DataForNutrition #LeNNs2023

Big food industry now hopping mad at the FDA—for allowing only “healthy” foods to… (checks notes📝)… have nutritious ingredients, like fruits and vegetables, & have little added sugar, sodium, saturated fat. BIG FOOD now mad they can’t falsely advertise. statnews.com/2023/02/21/cer…

The foods we eat not only provide us physical nourishment, but can also signify identity, social class & other important sociocultural constructs. Check out New York Times Opinion's Adrian J. Rivera's introspective piece on his drivers of #processedfood consumption. nytimes.com/2023/02/28/opi…

Despite the #foodsafety & #environmental concerns in #wetmarkets, such outlets provide affordable, nutritious food for many. Check out the story on The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… #DFCgrantee Sigrid Wertheim-Heck & team's work also looks at this in #Vietnam: driversoffoodchoice.org/research/proje…

🤔Ever wondered what factors influence food choice behaviors in #SouthAsia & how we can measure them effectively? 💡Learn about CGIAR #TAFSSA & University of South Carolina The Drivers of Food Choice Program's workshop in Dhaka: buff.ly/3KcQl6t Timothy J. Krupnik Dr. Purnima Menon Christine Blake #OneCGIAR #DriversofFoodChoice

🔥NEW PAPER ALERT🔥Why understanding #foodchoice is crucial to transform #foodsystems for human & planetary health🌍 by The Drivers of Food Choice Program's K𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝 R𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚, P𝕙𝔻, Mℙℍ Christine Blake @usc_nutrition USC Arnold School of Public Health ⬇️⬇️⬇️ gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/…