School Feeding Programs Drive Development and Gender Equity: the Time to Scale-up is Now

Do you work for a development agency, or in the public health, agriculture or gender equality sector? Please spare less than five minutes to complete this survey. Your participation will be greatly appreciated. * * * Research shows that providing children with a meal at school can significantly boost attendance; yet the benefits do not …

Eating Away the Pain: Using Diet & Supplements to Manage Osteoarthritis

Please spare less than 5 minutes to complete this survey on Healthy Aging & Disease Prevention Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that remains a major concern as we grow older, particularly among women.  The chronic and often debilitating condition affects millions of people globally, causing joint pain, stiffness, and impaired mobility. Anyone suffering from osteoarthritis can testify to the …

Climate change and nutrition action: Is there a pathway to healthier and more resilient communities?

Do you work for a development agency in the public health, agriculture, or related sector? Please spare less than five minutes to complete this survey. Your participation will be greatly appreciated. * * * As the world battles with the far-reaching consequences of climate change, one area that demands our urgent attention is the cross-cutting connection between climate and …

Translating Public Health Research into Private Sector Action: A Case for Local Vegetables

As an academic researcher, it can be frustrating to acknowledge that your passion and hard work is likely to never be shared outside of academic spaces, and therefore have no real impact on society. When it comes to public health, there is an urgent need to bridge the communication gap between research and the private …

Parental influence over children’s food choices: the importance of family meals

Children often reject bitter flavours at first, then eventually they become an acquired taste, but not always. Getting children to like or at least tolerate vegetables usually requires a structured and disciplined approach.  

Tips on how to ensure optimum complementary feeding in children older than six months

Knowing how important exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child's life, followed by continued breastfeeding for a minimum of two years, can create anxiety in a mother unable to do either

Stunting Interventions and Why They Fail

The word “enteric” relates to the intestine, which is important because these pathogens disrupt the digestive process, making it difficult to absorb nutrients and perpetuating the cycle of malnutrition.

One Week Is Not Enough to Promote Breastfeeding: It Is That Important

Research has shown that a longer exposure to breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of the child developing type II diabetes in later years. The same goes for obesity, as well as certain cancers such as leukaemia.

Diet and HIV: There is No Recovery without Quality Dietary Diversity

People with access to diverse diets providing adequate macro-and micronutrients have been shown to not only gain weight but achieve significant immune recovery whilst on treatment

Lost Files: Rediscovered Blog Posts from 2009

I recently rediscovered my first blog Africa Awaits Its Creators, which I started back in 2009. The internet back then wasn't what it is now, and neither was my network, so I don't think these were read by many people. My writing style has evolved since then, but these articles are still quite insightful and …