Food and nutrition policy
A biological anthropologist's experiences from an academic platform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19460495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Pelletier (0000-0003-0134-6460, Division of Nutritional Sciences Cornell University Ithaca NY, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-26 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.22523 |
| PMID | 24677250 |
| OpenAlex | W1538306656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 64 |
OBJECTIVES: Biological anthropologists within academia and in other sectors are increasingly engaged in a variety of problem-oriented research and in the design, implementation, or evaluation of policies and programs, domestically and abroad. Such work can have distinctive requirements in terms of disciplinary background, professional orientation, and professional development. This article explores these issues through the author's autobiographical account of a career in food and nutrition policy from within an academic nutrition department. METHODS: The article is guided by an analytical framework that compares eight projects in terms of their mode of knowledge production, academic impact, public impacts, and personal rewards. The projects range from village-based surveys in Samoa and Malawi to food security planning in upstate New York communities, US policies on genetically engineered (GE) foods, and participant-observer research on nutrition policy development in low-income countries. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The cumulative experience reveals the importance of a commitment to problem-solving, a transdisciplinary orientation, intellectual and methodological dexterity, ongoing engagement with policy actors and openness to emergent research questions, new research settings, and nontraditional funding sources
Data science · Environmental ethics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropology · Computer Science · Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
International development and the social sciences
The new production of knowledge
The Policy Process
Is it time to drop the ‘knowledge translation’ metaphor? A critical literature review
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
Generation of political priority for global health initiatives
Effective international action against undernutrition
The Quality of Stakeholder‐Based Decisions
Maternal and child undernutrition
Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae
The politics of reducing malnutrition
Utilization of social science research knowledge in Canada
Maternal and child undernutrition
Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice
Maternal and child undernutrition
A New Approach to Risk Evaluation and Management
Malawi maternal and child nutrition study
In and Out of the Academy
Disciplinary-Professional Relations in an Era of Anthropological Engagement
The Convergence of Applied, Practicing, and Public Anthropology in the 21st Century
Malinowski Award Engaged Universities, Community Based Research Organizations and Third Sector Science in a Global System
Citizens, Experts, and Anthropologists
Theoretical reflections on the nexus between research, policy and practice
The potential effect of iron defortification on iron-deficiency anaemia in the US population
The effect of dietary iron intake on the development of iron overload among homozygotes for haemochromatosis
Community food security
Values, public policy, and community food security
The food-first bias and nutrition policy
FDA’s regulation of genetically engineered foods
The use of information in the Iringa Nutrition Programme
Practicing Anthropology and the Politics of Engagement
Nutrition agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation
The role of information in the planning, management and evaluation of community nutrition programmes
Generating Political Priority for Maternal Mortality Reduction in 5 Developing Countries
Epidemiologic evidence for a potentiating effect of malnutrition on child mortality
The shaping of collective values through deliberative democracy
The use of national sample surveys for nutritional surveillance
The future of anthropology
The Role of Information Systems in Decision-Making Following Disasters
Engaged Anthropology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |