Performances of our mainstage musical!Hosted by: Wig and CandleAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045363 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045363)

Performances of our mainstage musical!Hosted by: Wig and CandleAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045365 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045365)

Performances of our mainstage musical!Hosted by: Wig and CandleAdditional Information can be found at: https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045364 (https://connquest.conncoll.edu/event/11045364)

Nutritional anthropologists are interested in what humans eat and in how diet impacts the health of populations. More specifically, a core area of inquiry for nutritional anthropologists is the study of human growth, body composition, and nutritional status, and how these indicators relate to health status and disease risk at both the individual and population levels. Fundamental anthropometric measurements of weight and height are used not only to compare a particular child's growth to a reference chart at visits to the pediatrician, but also historically have been instrumental in characterizing undernutrition in resource-poor settings. Nutritional anthropologists also examine linkages between changes in diet, concomitant changes in body size and composition, and risks for obesity and chronic disease. In this presentation, Elizabeth Barden will discuss the relevance of studying growth and nutritional status, and their relationship to concepts such as food security and hunger. Examples will be given from two different contexts: first, from a clinical research setting, with examples from children with chronic diseases, and second, from the perspective of a state public health agency, with examples from children participating in the USDA's WIC nutrition program.