Photograph: Gauri A. Pitale – Waterlogged rice fields of rural Konkan, Maharashtra Please note: As Associate Editor, I am soliciting reviews … More
Tag: health
Healthy Eating Research Grants
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsors a program called Healthy Eating Research through which they support research on healthy eating … More
EM Thoughts and Readings!
Ellen Messer March 17–St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday during Lent, when Roman Catholics ordinarily forego meat. But this … More
Review: The Psychology of Overeating
Cargill, Kima. 2015. The Psychology of Overeating. Food and the Culture of Consumerism. London/New York: Bloomsbury Academic (216 pp). Julie … More
Good Foods and Foods Good for Health: Hunger and Obesity in Samoa
Jessica Hardin Brandeis University After a cup of sugary tea, John, a Samoan physician, explained to me that the major … More
Evolution and Meat
There was a fascinating piece on the National Public Radio news program Morning Edition (on the August 2, 2010 show) … More
