The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #16
Dear all,
We hope you are well. Please find below this week’s updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Nidhi and Saurabh
PIN Seminars
Up next:
"Developing and testing standardized algorithms for delivering antenatal nutrition services through routine health systems in India"
Vani Sethi, PhD,
Nutrition Specialist (Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition), UNICEF India
March 17, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Save the dates for upcoming Spring 2022 PIN Seminars:
María Nieves García-Casal, PhD,
Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)
March 24, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Md. Munirul Islam, MBBS, PhD,
Scientist, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division and
Senior Consultant Physician, Dhaka Hospital
March 31, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Shibani Ghosh, PhD,
Research Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and
Associate Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Tufts University
April 14, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Jennifer Friedman, MD, PhD,
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and
Director, Lifespan Center for International Health Research (CIHR)
April 21, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Reina Engle-Stone, PhD,
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
May 5, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
PIN Podcasts
PIN Podcast | PIN 15 Corinna Hawkes — share.transistor.fm
Dr. Corinna Hawkes joins the PIN Podcast to tell us about her work as Director, Center for Food Policy, City, University of London
Listen to out previous episodes here
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Other Seminars and Events of Interest
Webinar: Obesity and the economic sustainability of health systems - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization — www.paho.org
This webinar will discuss the impact of obesity on national economies and human capital and effective measures to ensure a longer and healthier life for all, in reference to World Obesity Day, whose theme in 2022 is “Everybody needs Act".
The session will be broadcast on the PAHO Youtube channel at youtube.com/c/PAHOTV
Thursday, 17 March, 2022, 9:30 - 11:30 am EDT
Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development – Knowledge Indicating Dietary Sufficiency Meeting Series — web.cvent.com
BOND-KIDS is a global effort led by the NICHD to describe factors affecting health and nutrition in school-aged children and to guide assessment of nutrition programs. Find out more about this project in a series of four videocasts starting March 4: https://videocast.nih.gov/
Agenda for Friday, March 18, 2022, 10:00am EST – 1:00pm EST: Working Group 3 Discussion
Register here
Food for All: International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture — www.ifpri.org
Food for All explores how post-war developments have helped change the provision of international financial and technical assistance to support the global food and agriculture system and how developing countries' own efforts have contributed to this transformation.
Tuesday, 22 March, 2022 - 9:30 - 11:00AM EDT | Register here
The Rentierization of Food: Regimes of Property and the Making of Chile’s Globalized Agriculture | CALS — cals.cornell.edu
Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Sociology
Friday, March 25, 2022, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
WHO Cochrane Cornell Summer Institute | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Cornell College of Human Ecology — www.human.cornell.edu
The 2022 WHO/Cochrane/Cornell University Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making will be offered in a virtual format in July, 2022. Apply here
News and Updates
Rapid test delineates diseases with similar symptoms — www.nibib.nih.gov Scientists have developed a single point-of-care assay that identifies malaria, typhoid—or both simultaneously—in just 15 minutes.
Historic FAO Regional Conference concludes in Asia and the Pacific — www.fao.org
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has wrapped up its largest-ever regional conference in Asia and the Pacific, with more than 1,100 participants from 42 Member nations.
Tackling Bangladesh’s food-system challenges - Helen Keller Intl — www.hki.org COVID-19 has severely challenged Bangladesh's food system, impacting the nutrition of women and children, particularly adolescents.
Food insecurity a real concern among the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa following pandemic - new report shows | World Food Programme — www.wfp.org DAKAR/ NAIROBI/ JOHANNESBURG – The socioeconomic situation of the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa has worsened following the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of people facing acute food insecurity and malnutrition – a new report shows.
World Flour Day 2022: Celebrating Flour Fortification’s Legacy — Food Fortification Initiative — www.ffinetwork.org Fortification, and millers’ heroic role in fortifying foods, is not new. Starting over a century ago, fortification has a long history of improving health and virtually eliminating diseases like rickets, goiter, pellagra, and beriberi worldwide over the past 100 years.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Review of the Impact Pathways of Biofortified Foods and Food Products
Biofortification is the process of increasing the concentrations and/or bioavailability of micronutrients in staple crops and has the potential to mitigate micronutrient deficiencies globally.
Original articleIron Status and Inflammation in Women of Reproductive Age: A Population-Based Biomarker Survey and Clinical Study☆ Women of reproductive age (WRA) are at increased risk for anemia and iron deficiency. However, there is limited population-level data in India, which …
Early and accurate determination of bacterial infections as a potential cause for a patient's systemic inflammatory response is required for timely administration of appropriate treatment and antibiotic stewardship.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease affecting peripheral joints. Chronic activation of inflammatory pathways results in decreased function and the development of comorbidities, such as loss of lean mass while retaining total body mass.
Protein-rich food intake and risk of spontaneous abortion: a prospective cohort study - PubMed Preconception intake of protein-rich foods was largely unrelated to SAB risk, with the exception of seafood, which was associated with higher risk of SAB in Denmark, but a lower risk in North America.