Christine Stewart MPH PhD
@christinestewart.bsky.social
Professor of Nutrition at UC Davis and Director of the Institute for Global Nutrition. I study maternal and child nutrition.
Lover of chocolate 🍫, coffee ☕️, and a beautiful hike 🏞. Views are my own.
Lover of chocolate 🍫, coffee ☕️, and a beautiful hike 🏞. Views are my own.
I needed this: "In the shared act choosing to care, we can find a way forward. One rooted in fairness, shaped by resilience and elevated by hope. Even when institutions falter, the mission doesn’t have to."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
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Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science (Gift Article)
When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I needed this: "In the shared act choosing to care, we can find a way forward. One rooted in fairness, shaped by resilience and elevated by hope. Even when institutions falter, the mission doesn’t have to."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
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Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says reut.rs/4jB8BVW
April 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says reut.rs/4jB8BVW
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
It is disheartening to see this happen to such a leader in the field of nutritional sciences.
After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.
April 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It is disheartening to see this happen to such a leader in the field of nutritional sciences.
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Nutrition is the key determinant to health. It's staggering that nearly 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
I arrived in Paris to join President Emmanuel Macron & health leaders at the Nutrition for Growth Summit, as we need continued investment and a laser-focus on ending malnutrition.
I arrived in Paris to join President Emmanuel Macron & health leaders at the Nutrition for Growth Summit, as we need continued investment and a laser-focus on ending malnutrition.
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nutrition is the key determinant to health. It's staggering that nearly 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
I arrived in Paris to join President Emmanuel Macron & health leaders at the Nutrition for Growth Summit, as we need continued investment and a laser-focus on ending malnutrition.
I arrived in Paris to join President Emmanuel Macron & health leaders at the Nutrition for Growth Summit, as we need continued investment and a laser-focus on ending malnutrition.
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is a rather depressing time to be a scientist.
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’
The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.
www.theatlantic.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is a rather depressing time to be a scientist.
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SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
SCOOP: The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to a whistle-blower from USAID.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
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🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
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3. All supplies of US-manufactured emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death – terminated. newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
3. All supplies of US-manufactured emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death – terminated. newrepublic.com/article/1919...
A lot of what we know about global health comes from the DHS. We use it to track maternal & child nutrition trends. I have published 4 papers using its data & I use it in my classes.
It celebrated its 40yr anniversary last year. It was ended, unceremoniously, yesterday.
It celebrated its 40yr anniversary last year. It was ended, unceremoniously, yesterday.
An influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations has folded as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program (Gift Article)
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A lot of what we know about global health comes from the DHS. We use it to track maternal & child nutrition trends. I have published 4 papers using its data & I use it in my classes.
It celebrated its 40yr anniversary last year. It was ended, unceremoniously, yesterday.
It celebrated its 40yr anniversary last year. It was ended, unceremoniously, yesterday.
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Awful news --> Delivery of therapeutic food assistance to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is suddenly in doubt due to Trump-Musk firings at USAID, two manufacturers of the product tell me.
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Awful news --> Delivery of therapeutic food assistance to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is suddenly in doubt due to Trump-Musk firings at USAID, two manufacturers of the product tell me.
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
The Global Nutrition Council in @nutritionorg.bsky.social will be hosting a listening session to hear how members have been affected by the recent events. We invite you to join and to share your ideas for action!
📅 February 26 at 11 am EST
✅ Registration: discover.nutrition.org/content/asn-...
📅 February 26 at 11 am EST
✅ Registration: discover.nutrition.org/content/asn-...
February 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Global Nutrition Council in @nutritionorg.bsky.social will be hosting a listening session to hear how members have been affected by the recent events. We invite you to join and to share your ideas for action!
📅 February 26 at 11 am EST
✅ Registration: discover.nutrition.org/content/asn-...
📅 February 26 at 11 am EST
✅ Registration: discover.nutrition.org/content/asn-...
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FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
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New perspective in #AJCN highlights the detrimental consequences of the US' withdrawal from WHO and the dismantling of USAID on global health and nutrition. ASN stands with our many affected members in the global nutrition community and beyond. ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...
A shock to the global nutrition system: Why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization
Imagine a world where over 1 million children across 85 countries died from a single
nutrient deficiency — deaths that could be prevented with a semi-annual vitamin supplement.
Millions of lives saved...
ajcn.nutrition.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New perspective in #AJCN highlights the detrimental consequences of the US' withdrawal from WHO and the dismantling of USAID on global health and nutrition. ASN stands with our many affected members in the global nutrition community and beyond. ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...
The shocks to the global nutrition system should be a concern to nutrition scientists and nutrition advocates everywhere. Please read and share our perspective published open access in AJCN today. 👇
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition from @nutritionorg.bsky.social has a clear-eyed review of how cutting USAID and WHO affects U.S. interests in health, from an all-star team of authors: AJCN editor-in-chief Chris Duggan, Lindsey Locks, Dan Hoffman and @christinestewart.bsky.social
A shock to the global nutrition system: Why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization
Imagine a world where over 1 million children across 85 countries died from a single
nutrient deficiency — deaths that could be prevented with a semi-annual vitamin supplement.
Millions of lives saved...
ajcn.nutrition.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The shocks to the global nutrition system should be a concern to nutrition scientists and nutrition advocates everywhere. Please read and share our perspective published open access in AJCN today. 👇
"Toddlers are starving because emergency feeding centers supported by USAID have run out of the nutrient-rich paste used to save the lives of severely malnourished children. Nearby warehouses have the paste but can’t release it without a waiver from the agency..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Toddlers are starving because emergency feeding centers supported by USAID have run out of the nutrient-rich paste used to save the lives of severely malnourished children. Nearby warehouses have the paste but can’t release it without a waiver from the agency..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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Trump’s sudden cutoff of funding and staff at USAID has meant the loss of “almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid…, a government watchdog warned Monday.”
This whole wire report on the accelerating catastrophe bears reading.
www.therepublic.com/2025/02/10/u...
This whole wire report on the accelerating catastrophe bears reading.
www.therepublic.com/2025/02/10/u...
USAID watchdog warns of lack of oversight of $8.2 billion in unspent aid after Trump moves - The Republic News
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid after the Trump admin...
www.therepublic.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Trump’s sudden cutoff of funding and staff at USAID has meant the loss of “almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid…, a government watchdog warned Monday.”
This whole wire report on the accelerating catastrophe bears reading.
www.therepublic.com/2025/02/10/u...
This whole wire report on the accelerating catastrophe bears reading.
www.therepublic.com/2025/02/10/u...
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From independent @USAID sources, >800 contracts and awards are being terminated en masse – with the procurement team subject to hourly checks on speed of executing terminations. The pace has exceeded the ability to confirm whether lifesaving assistance or any Congressional mandate is affected.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
From independent @USAID sources, >800 contracts and awards are being terminated en masse – with the procurement team subject to hourly checks on speed of executing terminations. The pace has exceeded the ability to confirm whether lifesaving assistance or any Congressional mandate is affected.
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Here are some facts about "facilities and administrative" (F&A) costs, what we in the business call "indirects" and what Musk is calling "overhead" as he tries to convince Americans with being ok with cutting billions on dollars from medical and public health research at universities & hospitals
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February 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here are some facts about "facilities and administrative" (F&A) costs, what we in the business call "indirects" and what Musk is calling "overhead" as he tries to convince Americans with being ok with cutting billions on dollars from medical and public health research at universities & hospitals
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“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
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U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Reposted by Christine Stewart MPH PhD
Suddenly cutting off USAID left people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them, and generating waves of suspicion and fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Suddenly cutting off USAID left people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them, and generating waves of suspicion and fear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...