Food

Community health worker Suraiyya Terdale smiles and writes in a notebook as she speaks with a woman wearing a white patterned scarf who is seated with her hands clasped outside a building.

Local Reporting Initiative

Climate Change’s Overlooked Role in Obesity

Sardines in a fishing net.

How Wild Fisheries Can Reduce Hidden Hunger

A soft drinks dispenser at the Olympic village where some athletes will be housed at Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. July 2, 2024.

La Continuidad en El Patrocinio de Coca-Cola a Los Juegos Olímpicos Es Malo Para La Salud de Todas Las Personas

Children, including a toddler in a pink coat holding a yellow lunch container, line up to collect a meal.

Child & Adolescent Health

A South African Soup Kitchen Is Bringing Relief to Caregivers

seen from above, a pair of hands arrange dozens of eggs in cartons

An Egg a Day Helped Stave off Malnutrition in China

A young girl waits in line for not potable water delivered by a tanker truck in Colonia Mirador de Garcia, northwest of Monterrey, Mexico. July 19, 2022.

Bridging the Water Gap: Social Movements Are Global Health’s Future

A man wearing a skull face mask walks past a Pepsi and Coca-Cola ad in the center of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. December 30, 2021.

Time to Check Unfettered Power of Corporate Giants Over Health

Aerial view of workers growing water spinach on ecological floating beds at Chun'an County in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

Nutrition Improvements Require Stronger Commitments

A woman at Akinlapa oil farm filters the fresh palm fruits. Abiodun Jamiu

Delicious and Nutritious: The Unrealized Potential of Red Palm Oil

Veena Dhiman, a farmer-trainer from Nagrota Bagwan, with one of the indigenous cows she purchased to replace her jersey cows when she shifted to natural farming methods.

Environmental Health

Can Natural Farming Improve Farmers’ Health?

Cookies with labels stating their high content in sugar, calories and saturated fat in Santiago, Chile, on June 20, 2016. Image: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty

Food Labels Work, So Why Aren’t More Governments Using Them?

Costa Rican farmworker harvesting bananas covered in insecticidal bags.Costa Rican farmworker harvesting bananas covered in insecticidal bags. Image: Madison Stewart

The Deadly Side of America’s Banana Obsession