Overnutrition in Samoa
Over the past term, I was enrolled in FNH 455 (Applied International Nutrition). A big part of the course focused…
Cameroon’s Food Crisis
http://www.irinnews.org/report/101059/how-boko-haram-brought-hunger-to-northern-cameroon For my FNH 455 “Nutrition In the News” assignment, I had to find a nutrition or food-related crises that…
Considering Economics of GMOs
http://www.hawaiipapaya.com/rainbow.html While I strongly believe that the use of GMOs in our food should primarily be based on their effects…
Yes, were going to continue to talk about GMOs…
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/04/10-scientific-studies-proving-gmos-can-harmful-human-health.html Ah, GMOs…the topic that has been on several peoples’ forefront since they began to be used about 20 years…
Food Insecurity Rising in Canada
Not too long ago, CBC released an article discussing how food insecurity has actually been rising over the past few…
A change in my resource specialization… kind of
It wasn’t too long ago that I made a post about how I chose Global Health as my resource specialization,…
The Reason for My Resource and Regional Specialization
My resource: Global Health and Nutrition. The reason for my choice? To begin with, I have always had an interest…
Dr. Shafik Dharamsi’s Presentation – Global Health
It was a couple weeks ago that Dr. Dharamsi had come and spoken to us about Global Health and its…
The Meaning of ‘Development’
The meaning of the word is a complicated one, one that cannot be answered in a single sentence. To be…
Case Study: Water Stress
For Part 1 of the Case Study discussed in class on November 13, my group had come to the conclusion…