Amelia B. Finaret
@afinaret.bsky.social
Just wants to talk about food all the time. Dietitian, social science nutritionist, food economist. https://amelia.finaret.net/
Read our Open Access Textbook: Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health, available here: https://shorturl.at/mCLqw
Read our Open Access Textbook: Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health, available here: https://shorturl.at/mCLqw
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Food economist here 🙋🏽♂️ would like to disagree and point out that grocery inflation since Trump took office has accelerated relative to the preceding months.
Also those price increases for coffee, ground beef, chocolate, bananas, and canned goods in recent months? That’s in large part the tariffs!
Also those price increases for coffee, ground beef, chocolate, bananas, and canned goods in recent months? That’s in large part the tariffs!
Q: Food prices are still going up. Grocery prices are still going up. How do you respond?
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Food economist here 🙋🏽♂️ would like to disagree and point out that grocery inflation since Trump took office has accelerated relative to the preceding months.
Also those price increases for coffee, ground beef, chocolate, bananas, and canned goods in recent months? That’s in large part the tariffs!
Also those price increases for coffee, ground beef, chocolate, bananas, and canned goods in recent months? That’s in large part the tariffs!
In case anyone needs a reminder as we barrel towards SNAP and other food assistance program stoppages due to the U.S. government shutdown:
100% of hunger is preventable.
100% of hunger is preventable.
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In case anyone needs a reminder as we barrel towards SNAP and other food assistance program stoppages due to the U.S. government shutdown:
100% of hunger is preventable.
100% of hunger is preventable.
Quackery and lies that I will help my patients understand as quackery and lies.
Here's to figuring out how to counsel people to *not* follow the U.S. dietary guidelines. This is a new one.
Also, coleslaw isn't fermented...?
thehill.com/newsletters/...
Here's to figuring out how to counsel people to *not* follow the U.S. dietary guidelines. This is a new one.
Also, coleslaw isn't fermented...?
thehill.com/newsletters/...
thehill.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Quackery and lies that I will help my patients understand as quackery and lies.
Here's to figuring out how to counsel people to *not* follow the U.S. dietary guidelines. This is a new one.
Also, coleslaw isn't fermented...?
thehill.com/newsletters/...
Here's to figuring out how to counsel people to *not* follow the U.S. dietary guidelines. This is a new one.
Also, coleslaw isn't fermented...?
thehill.com/newsletters/...
Another day, another experience explaining to a patient why they should not be taking 25 X the RDA for a fat-soluble vitamin in the form of supplements.
Just say no to supplements.
Unless prescribed by your doctor or recommended by your dietitian. Or prenatal vitamins. But that's really it!
Just say no to supplements.
Unless prescribed by your doctor or recommended by your dietitian. Or prenatal vitamins. But that's really it!
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Another day, another experience explaining to a patient why they should not be taking 25 X the RDA for a fat-soluble vitamin in the form of supplements.
Just say no to supplements.
Unless prescribed by your doctor or recommended by your dietitian. Or prenatal vitamins. But that's really it!
Just say no to supplements.
Unless prescribed by your doctor or recommended by your dietitian. Or prenatal vitamins. But that's really it!
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Weekend reading: UNICEF’s Feeding Profit report
The UNICEF report: Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. The UNICEF press release: Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally – UNICEF: One in 10 children worldwide living…
The UNICEF report: Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. The UNICEF press release: Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally – UNICEF: One in 10 children worldwide living…
Weekend reading: UNICEF’s Feeding Profit report
The UNICEF report: Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. The UNICEF press release: Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally – UNICEF: One in 10 children worldwide living with obesity. Exposure to the marketing of ultra-processed foods found to be widespread. the prevalence of underweight among children aged 5-19 has declined since 2000, from nearly 13 per cent to 9.2 per cent, while obesity rates have increased from 3 per cent to 9.4 per cent.
www.foodpolitics.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Weekend reading: UNICEF’s Feeding Profit report
The UNICEF report: Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. The UNICEF press release: Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally – UNICEF: One in 10 children worldwide living…
The UNICEF report: Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. The UNICEF press release: Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally – UNICEF: One in 10 children worldwide living…
I came across something in CVS that should be illegal.
The price was $35/bottle, and the bottle suggests taking it with meals, so this would be for a ~2 week supply.
I truly hope that the people in my community are not falling for this garbage.
Deserves a class action.
The price was $35/bottle, and the bottle suggests taking it with meals, so this would be for a ~2 week supply.
I truly hope that the people in my community are not falling for this garbage.
Deserves a class action.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I came across something in CVS that should be illegal.
The price was $35/bottle, and the bottle suggests taking it with meals, so this would be for a ~2 week supply.
I truly hope that the people in my community are not falling for this garbage.
Deserves a class action.
The price was $35/bottle, and the bottle suggests taking it with meals, so this would be for a ~2 week supply.
I truly hope that the people in my community are not falling for this garbage.
Deserves a class action.
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ICYMI, on Saturday the USDA cancelled its food security survey. I'm certain there are depths of stupidity left to plumb, but ignorance about hunger has yet to be proven a path to ending it.
September 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ICYMI, on Saturday the USDA cancelled its food security survey. I'm certain there are depths of stupidity left to plumb, but ignorance about hunger has yet to be proven a path to ending it.
Here is the abstract of the most recent #FoodSecurity survey that the Trump Admin has now cancelled, moving forward, claiming that it is "overly politicized." #USDA
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration cancels USDA’s annual food insecurity survey, WSJ reports
The Trump administration has canceled the USDA’s annual food insecurity survey, ending a decades-long effort to track how many Americans struggle to access enough food, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here is the abstract of the most recent #FoodSecurity survey that the Trump Admin has now cancelled, moving forward, claiming that it is "overly politicized." #USDA
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
This is so, so concerning. Y'all would not believe how much work I still have to do to convince my undergraduates that, e.g., red wine is not good for your health. That stuff was de-bunked before they were born, and still they believe it.
Alcohol industry lobbying scores wins against Dietary Guidelines
The alcohol industry must be exceptionally powerful (that's why it is regulated by the Treasury Department, which cares about revenues, rather than an agency of Health and Human Services. Its lobbying is highly effective, especially…
The alcohol industry must be exceptionally powerful (that's why it is regulated by the Treasury Department, which cares about revenues, rather than an agency of Health and Human Services. Its lobbying is highly effective, especially…
Alcohol industry lobbying scores wins against Dietary Guidelines
The alcohol industry must be exceptionally powerful (that's why it is regulated by the Treasury Department, which cares about revenues, rather than an agency of Health and Human Services. Its lobbying is highly effective, especially when it comes to Dietary Guidelines. That is also most likely why the Senate Agriculture appropriations bill contains this clause : SEC . 759. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with providing findings and recommendations on alcohol consumption for the purposes of inclusion in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as required by section 772 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328): Provided, That…
www.foodpolitics.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is so, so concerning. Y'all would not believe how much work I still have to do to convince my undergraduates that, e.g., red wine is not good for your health. That stuff was de-bunked before they were born, and still they believe it.
Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day
(3-4-5) -> 9/16/25
When all else fails, math.
www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
(3-4-5) -> 9/16/25
When all else fails, math.
www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
www.npr.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day
(3-4-5) -> 9/16/25
When all else fails, math.
www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
(3-4-5) -> 9/16/25
When all else fails, math.
www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
I'm all for trying to eat more plants, myself, and helping my patients to do so. Focusing on fermented foods, depending on the situation, can be good, but @statsepi.bsky.social is right, this is an ad for Zoe, and doesn't address nuances/unknowns in the research.
September 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm all for trying to eat more plants, myself, and helping my patients to do so. Focusing on fermented foods, depending on the situation, can be good, but @statsepi.bsky.social is right, this is an ad for Zoe, and doesn't address nuances/unknowns in the research.
Remember how Vitamin A cannot treat the #measles?
Well, Vitamin B-9 (#folate) cannot treat #autism.
Love,
your friendly neighborhood #dietitian.
(if Vitamin C is next, because alphabet, it cannot treat any diseases either. it is an essential #nutrient, but it can't treat diseases).
Well, Vitamin B-9 (#folate) cannot treat #autism.
Love,
your friendly neighborhood #dietitian.
(if Vitamin C is next, because alphabet, it cannot treat any diseases either. it is an essential #nutrient, but it can't treat diseases).
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Remember how Vitamin A cannot treat the #measles?
Well, Vitamin B-9 (#folate) cannot treat #autism.
Love,
your friendly neighborhood #dietitian.
(if Vitamin C is next, because alphabet, it cannot treat any diseases either. it is an essential #nutrient, but it can't treat diseases).
Well, Vitamin B-9 (#folate) cannot treat #autism.
Love,
your friendly neighborhood #dietitian.
(if Vitamin C is next, because alphabet, it cannot treat any diseases either. it is an essential #nutrient, but it can't treat diseases).
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Just added my signature to the letter.
This is a no brainer.
It’s wild we’re having a conversation about US central bank independence in 2025. But here we are.
Please read and consider adding your signature.
This is a no brainer.
It’s wild we’re having a conversation about US central bank independence in 2025. But here we are.
Please read and consider adding your signature.
The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just added my signature to the letter.
This is a no brainer.
It’s wild we’re having a conversation about US central bank independence in 2025. But here we are.
Please read and consider adding your signature.
This is a no brainer.
It’s wild we’re having a conversation about US central bank independence in 2025. But here we are.
Please read and consider adding your signature.
Absolutely. Sending poor people a food box vs. food stamps has a very small chance being equivalent to just food stamps, and absolutely zero chance of being better than just food stamps.
Most likely outcome is that more food boxes and less food stamps will make the beneficiaries worse-off.
Most likely outcome is that more food boxes and less food stamps will make the beneficiaries worse-off.
It's striking how quickly political journalists drop the "savvy" act when it comes to the Trump administration.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
August 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely. Sending poor people a food box vs. food stamps has a very small chance being equivalent to just food stamps, and absolutely zero chance of being better than just food stamps.
Most likely outcome is that more food boxes and less food stamps will make the beneficiaries worse-off.
Most likely outcome is that more food boxes and less food stamps will make the beneficiaries worse-off.
The incomparably excellent Dr. Lisa Cook is trending (unfortunately, for infuriating reasons). So today I'm going back to listen to Planet Money's episode about her research on innovation. It is still, of course, so relevant.
@planetmoney.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
@planetmoney.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Patent Racism : Planet Money
Violence, including racist attacks, stifles innovation and the economy. Dr. Lisa Cook proved how. It took 10 years to be heard. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The incomparably excellent Dr. Lisa Cook is trending (unfortunately, for infuriating reasons). So today I'm going back to listen to Planet Money's episode about her research on innovation. It is still, of course, so relevant.
@planetmoney.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
@planetmoney.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Yes indeed, and this page explains how to get the password: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomic.... Should be quick and helpful to join the elist, and passwords should protect the files from appearing in search and AI training content.
Teaching materials – Food Economics
sites.tufts.edu
August 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yes indeed, and this page explains how to get the password: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomic.... Should be quick and helpful to join the elist, and passwords should protect the files from appearing in search and AI training content.
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For university courses about #FoodEconomics, a full set of class slides, weekly exercises, & exams is now available for use with the free online textbook from @afinaret.bsky.social and me. Audience is advanced undergrads and first-year grad students using graphical diagrams, examples and global data
Teaching resources – Food Economics
sites.tufts.edu
August 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For university courses about #FoodEconomics, a full set of class slides, weekly exercises, & exams is now available for use with the free online textbook from @afinaret.bsky.social and me. Audience is advanced undergrads and first-year grad students using graphical diagrams, examples and global data
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Excellent article by Pratik Pawar on the consequences of cutting the Demographic and Health Surveys, and efforts to revive them. I'm quoted briefly.
The Demographic and Health Survey’s death, and potential revival, explained
Why this obscure survey from USAID has life-or-death stakes for global health. The Gates Foundation announced $25 million in emergency funding, but the long-term solution is far from clear.
www.vox.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excellent article by Pratik Pawar on the consequences of cutting the Demographic and Health Surveys, and efforts to revive them. I'm quoted briefly.
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Prof. David Ortega at Michigan State University calls the new third edition of Food Policy in the United States "an indispensable resource for my graduate food policy course and anyone looking to engage with and influence the food policy landscape."
www.routledge.com/Food-Policy-...
www.routledge.com/Food-Policy-...
Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction
This third edition of Food Policy in the United States offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of food policy in the United States.
This book begins with the economic i...
www.routledge.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Prof. David Ortega at Michigan State University calls the new third edition of Food Policy in the United States "an indispensable resource for my graduate food policy course and anyone looking to engage with and influence the food policy landscape."
www.routledge.com/Food-Policy-...
www.routledge.com/Food-Policy-...
Have you ever wondered how #ChildGrowth is assessed around the world when ppl from different places seem to be taller or shorter (on average), depending on their #race or #ethnicity?
A lot of #research over many decades has found that there are no racial or ethnic differences in growth or #height.
A lot of #research over many decades has found that there are no racial or ethnic differences in growth or #height.
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Have you ever wondered how #ChildGrowth is assessed around the world when ppl from different places seem to be taller or shorter (on average), depending on their #race or #ethnicity?
A lot of #research over many decades has found that there are no racial or ethnic differences in growth or #height.
A lot of #research over many decades has found that there are no racial or ethnic differences in growth or #height.
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🎉 Just 1 week to go! #ANH2025 kicks off with online Learning Labs 💻 free and open to all from anywhere 🌍
Join 20+ expert-led sessions on 🌱 food environments, 📊 data analysis, 👥 gender & more! 🗓️16–18 June
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#FoodSystems #Nutrition #Health
Join 20+ expert-led sessions on 🌱 food environments, 📊 data analysis, 👥 gender & more! 🗓️16–18 June
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#FoodSystems #Nutrition #Health
June 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎉 Just 1 week to go! #ANH2025 kicks off with online Learning Labs 💻 free and open to all from anywhere 🌍
Join 20+ expert-led sessions on 🌱 food environments, 📊 data analysis, 👥 gender & more! 🗓️16–18 June
🔗 Explore & sign up: bit.ly/4jHXbzt
#FoodSystems #Nutrition #Health
Join 20+ expert-led sessions on 🌱 food environments, 📊 data analysis, 👥 gender & more! 🗓️16–18 June
🔗 Explore & sign up: bit.ly/4jHXbzt
#FoodSystems #Nutrition #Health
Do you teach #FoodEconomics #FoodEcon and want a jump-start and some time and space to develop materials and plan your course?
Register for our free Online Learning Lab with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
Next week 6/16 Monday 8am-10am EDT.
Register for our free Online Learning Lab with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
Next week 6/16 Monday 8am-10am EDT.
Learning Lab: Teaching food economics for agriculture, nutrition, and health
Economics offers powerful tools to build skills and solve problems in the food system, but ANH Academy members often have little or no knowledge of how economics could help them reach their career goa...
www.anh-academy.org
June 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Do you teach #FoodEconomics #FoodEcon and want a jump-start and some time and space to develop materials and plan your course?
Register for our free Online Learning Lab with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
Next week 6/16 Monday 8am-10am EDT.
Register for our free Online Learning Lab with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy: www.anh-academy.org/academy-week...
Next week 6/16 Monday 8am-10am EDT.
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If you #TeachEcon and cover agriculture & nutrition, on Monday June 16th we'll have a big online ANH Learning Lab online with @afinaret.bsky.social about #FoodEconomics.
Textbook etc. is here: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomics, and link below to free registration at @anhacademy.bsky.social:
Textbook etc. is here: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomics, and link below to free registration at @anhacademy.bsky.social:
Learning Lab: Teaching food economics for agriculture, nutrition, and health
Economics offers powerful tools to build skills and solve problems in the food system, but ANH Academy members often have little or no knowledge of how economics could help them reach their career goa...
www.anh-academy.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If you #TeachEcon and cover agriculture & nutrition, on Monday June 16th we'll have a big online ANH Learning Lab online with @afinaret.bsky.social about #FoodEconomics.
Textbook etc. is here: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomics, and link below to free registration at @anhacademy.bsky.social:
Textbook etc. is here: sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomics, and link below to free registration at @anhacademy.bsky.social:
Agreed on all counts. Just ask any hospitalist if they'd like more responsibility/more work to do on their own/have to keep up with more CEUs, or the ability to delegate/refer to an allied health team member like a dietitian...
I bet I know what most would prefer.
I bet I know what most would prefer.
Some nutrition training for physician is great. But there are real issues this runs into:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...
RFK Jr. to tell medical schools to teach nutrition or lose federal funding
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to tell medical schools they must offer nutrition courses to students or risk losing federal funding from the DHS.
abcnews.go.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Agreed on all counts. Just ask any hospitalist if they'd like more responsibility/more work to do on their own/have to keep up with more CEUs, or the ability to delegate/refer to an allied health team member like a dietitian...
I bet I know what most would prefer.
I bet I know what most would prefer.