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December 15, 2022

News from the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #37

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We are happy to share this Fall 2022 Wrap Up newsletter with you on our new platform on Substack. Thank you for joining us this season as we continue to celebrate 60 years of the program! Please see below for a summary of this season in review, including our seminars, podcast episodes, and other updates.

We have an exciting line up for Spring including the second edition of our Editathon event and also a new PIN ambassador program. We look forward to your continued engagement and input; your nominations for speakers, particularly those early in their careers or at the frontlines, suggestions for features, as well as joint programs and exercises are always welcome.

From all of us at PIN, we wish you a safe and happy holidays!

—Nidhi, Anna, Erica, and Saurabh (the PIN Team)

Fall 2022 Seminar

We had an amazing line-up of speakers in the Fall 2022 PIN Seminar series. Catch up on all previous seminars through the PIN channel on Cornell Video On Demand.

Natasha Lelijveld, PhD - "Assessing Nutritional Status for Adolescents: Time to rethink indicators, references and cut-offs"

Anthony J. Wenndt, PhD and Ruchi Sareen MSc, - "Leveraging social protection for nutrition impact: Lessons from GAIN's experience in India and Nigeria”

Diana Thomas, PhD - “What my calculus class tells me about the response to diets”

Mercy Gloria Lung'aho, PhD, RN - "Overview and Update on the National Food Consumption & Micronutrient Survey 2021”

Pattanee Winichagoon, PhD - "Insights from leading nutrition research: Experiences in Thailand"

Jennifer Cashin, MPH - “Effective interventions to improve breastfeeding practices: Learning from the East Asia Pacific Region”

Malden Nesheim, PhD - "A conversation with Professor Emeritus Malden Nesheim", podcast of this conversation here.

Jere Haas, PhD - "A conversation with Professor Jere Haas", podcast of this conversation here.


Save the Date for the First Spring PIN Seminar

February 13 - 17, 2023

With Monica Flores Urrutia from WHO presenting the new Nutrition Data Portal

Thursday, February 16, 2023 11:30AM - 12:30PM EST, Zoom link TBA


Other Events and Seminars

  • Nutrition 2023 returns to Boston, MA, USA, July 22 - 25, 2023

  • Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference for Nutrition for Resilience, The Hague, Netherlands, A hybrid event October 16 - 20, 2023

  • American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, October 30 - November 3, 2023


PIN Podcasts

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The Program in International Nutrition from Cornell University interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of nutrition and public health. Listen to all of the Fall 2022 episodes here!


Recent Publications from the PIN Community

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Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of biofortified food and food products: Current evidence.

Huey SL, Mehta NH, Konieczynski EM, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Krisher JT, Mbuya MNN, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Boy E, Mehta S. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Nov 17:1-23. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2142762. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36384354.

Pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight-gain predict maternal hemoglobin levels and are jointly associated with neonatal outcomes in a Mexican birth cohort

Cantoral A, Ramírez-Silva I, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Christensen DL, Bygbjerg IC, Groth-Grunnet L, Kragelund Nielsen K, Granich-Armenta A, Ávila-Jiménez L, Rivera Dommarco JÁ. Nutr Hosp. 2022 Aug 25;39(4):852-862. English. doi: 10.20960/nh.03999. PMID: 35916135.

The overlooked paradox of the coexistence of overweight/obesity and anemia during pregnancy

Launbo N, Davidsen E, Granich-Armenta A, Bygbjerg IC, Sánchez M, Ramirez-Silva I, Avila-Jimenez L, Christensen DL, Rivera-Dommarco JA, Cantoral A, Nielsen KK, Grunnet LG. Nutrition. 2022 Jul-Aug;99-100:111650. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2022.111650. Epub 2022 Mar 12. PMID: 35468347.

Application of the deep learning algorithm in nutrition research – using serum pyridoxal 5′-phosphate as an example

Ma C, Chen Q, Mitchell DC, Na M, Tucker KL, Gao X. Nutr J. 2022 Jun 10;21(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00793-x. PMID: 35689265; PMCID: PMC9185886.

Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity

Koyratty N, Mbuya MNN, Jones AD, Schuster RC, Kordas K, Li CS, Tavengwa NV, Majo FD, Chasekwa B, Ntozini R, Humphrey JH, Smith LE. Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity. BMC Nutr. 2022 Nov 18;8(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s40795-022-00622-8. PMID: 36401302; PMCID: PMC9673371.

Multiple modifiable maternal, household and health service factors are associated with maternal nutrition and early breastfeeding practices in Burkina Faso

Kim SS, Ouédraogo CT, Zagré RR, Ganaba R, Zafimanjaka MG, Tharaney M, Menon P. Multiple modifiable maternal, household and health service factors are associated with maternal nutrition and early breastfeeding practices in Burkina Faso. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Jan;19(1):e13457. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13457. Epub 2022 Nov 14. PMID: 36373770.


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