Tag: Christopher Golden
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Nation & World
Eating our way to a sustainable future
Author Paul Greenberg said eating more and different seafood, emphasizing species that are less energy-intensive to harvest and high in omega-3 fats, can help answer the world’s food challenges in the coming decades.
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Nation & World
Fishing gaps called malnutrition threat
Declining fish catches around the world have set off concerns about malnutrition, especially among the poor.
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Nation & World
Sick planet, sick people
Harvard scientists are helping launch a new initiative to foster collaboration among scientists working at the intersection of the environment and health.
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Nation & World
Unearthing a dietary behavior
A new Harvard study says that pica — and particularly geophagy, or the eating of soil or clay — is far more prevalent in Madagascar, one of the few areas of the world where it had gone unreported, than researchers previously thought. The research also suggests that the behavior may be more prevalent worldwide, particularly…
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Nation & World
Health care savings, naturally
Though questions persist about whether natural remedies are as effective as their pharmacological cousins, one Harvard researcher is trying to understand the economic benefits people receive by relying on such traditional cures.
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Nation & World
Where wild food matters
A postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Center for the Environment, Christopher Golden, is the lead author of a paper. It says that in societies where people rely on bush meat for important micronutrients, people’s lost access to wildlife could hurt children’s health