Great talk. Important contribution from Marit Kolby on the damage done by ultra-processed food products but also revealing how easy it can be to transition back to real food. @tybeal.bsky.social
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🍩 From donuts to global health: I presented at EFFoST on how ultra-processed foods are reshaping our food systems. Here's what you need to know about UPFs and their worldwide impact... 🧵
What's your favorite (and maybe not-so-healthy) UPF? 🤔

In a new analysis (note, back-of-the-envelope) @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @justsand.bsky.social estimate that US foreign aid saves around 3.3 million lives per year.

You can read more about their methodology and results here:
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...

Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Now that the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) indicator has been adopted by the UN to address hunger and malnutrition, it's time to plan for how to collect this data. The good news is that we have developed a simple tool to do this worldwide.
www.gainhealth.org/media/news/u...

To say that the abrupt dismantling of USAID has devastated the global health and nutrition space is not an understatement. Must read piece in AJCNutrition on the loss of life and livelihoods. @christinestewart.bsky.social

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🍩 From donuts to global health: I presented at EFFoST on how ultra-processed foods are reshaping our food systems. Here's what you need to know about UPFs and their worldwide impact... 🧵
What's your favorite (and maybe not-so-healthy) UPF? 🤔

Sensible suggestions to address micronutrient inadequacies of plant-forward diets. Hoping to see much of this implemented in EAT-Lancet 2.0.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Blue Zones research is flawed. Plant-rich diets are healthy, but there's no need to eat a 95–100% plant-based diet for longevity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

Check out the latest Food Systems Countdown Initiative report released Monday in @nature.com Food. You can find all the pubs here: www.foodcountdown.org. Also, you can see how the indicators interact on the Food Systems Dashboard with this cool feature: www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/fsci-interac...

Every year, 50+ of us monitor the state of food systems: The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative. Bottomline? Food system trends show some positive progress. Our third peer review pub and report are out! Find the paper here: shorturl.at/ZbyJ7 and the report here: shorturl.at/elfqu

New Countdown Initiative paper which:
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies

Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...

Check out our new paper in the special feature of @pnas.org on animal source foods. In our paper, we discuss the importance of nutrient-dense foods & diverse diets for ensuring adequate nutrition across the life course. Here is the full issue: shorturl.at/AQvwK & our paper: shorturl.at/f8Xrn

We often hear that nutrition needs are dynamic over your life, that some things are more important as kids (calcium), that there are super foods.

If you are like me, these concepts can seem a bit vague.

This new @pnas.org paper is a great resource.

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