Policy Position Papers

To Increase Science’s Public Value, We Must Improve Communication

Arthur Lupia, Ph.D., Hal R Varian Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
In the last hundred years, scientific research has transformed quality of life for people around the world. Science has great potential to do much mor...

Reversing the Nutrition Transition among Native North Americans

Colin Samson, Ph.D.
The nutritional transition is the most important issue affecting the health of indigenous peoples worldwide. It entails a change from gathered, farmed...

Targeting Environmental Determinants of Healthy Eating through Healthy Public Policy

Kim D. Raine, Ph.D., R.D., F.C.A.H.S
Tackling the burden of diet-related chronic diseases requires targeting determinants of healthy eating through policy that addresses food environments...

Improving Nutrition through Food Quality, Access, Affordability, and Waste Reduction

Mindy S. Kurzer, Ph.D.
In both the developing and developed world, the problem of undernutrition continues, yet overweight and obesity have become serious health threats. Th...

Medicinal Plant Intake: Improving Type 2 Diabetes Management in Canadian Aboriginal Populations

Pierre Haddad, Ph.D.
Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge on medicinal and food plants represents an underappreciated opportunity for the culturally relevant prevention and ma...

The Next Agricultural Revolution?

Evan Fraser, Ph.D.
One of the 21st century’s biggest challenges is devising the food systems to equitably, safely, and nutritiously feed the world’s growing populati...

Disparities in Food Insecurity: An Indigenous Public Health Perspective

Treena Delormier, Ph.D.
Food security is foundational for health and the prevention of chronic diseases during the course of a human’s life. The fact that about 1 in 6 hous...

Climate Change and Food Security: Understanding Vulnerability and Reducing Impacts

Peter Backlund, Ph.D.
Food security — the ability to obtain and use sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food — is a fundamental human need, and achieving food sec...

Foundations for California's Water Security in a Changing Climate

Roger Bales, Ph.D., et al.
The cornerstone of water security, and priority need for California, is a modern, robust water-information system that enables accurate, timely, and t...

Global Warming and Future Fire Regimes

Jon E. Keeley, Ph.D.
Global warming is occurring along with a number of other global changes that may have greater influences on future fire regimes, including population ...