How are #LeastCostDiets shaping the future of food security policy? wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/podcasts/how...

#WillMasters #ParkeWilde #FriedmanSchool #Tufts #lastcostdiet #TFT #thriftyfoodplan #SNAP #UNFAO #foodsupplychains #costofliving #costoffood #foodnutrients #foodaccess #foodpricesfornutrition

Almost three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet A healthy, nutritious diet is much more expensive than a calorie sufficient one.

Thanks to Pablo Rosado of @ourworldindata.org for a clear, vivid explanation of what #FoodPricesForNutrition metrics reveal about healthy diet costs and affordability.

The original data are posted at www.fao.org/faostat/en/#... & worldbank.org/foodpricesfo..., from sites.tufts.edu/foodpricesfo...

Screenshot of the World Bank's Preston Auditorium for the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, July 25th 2025

Big thanks to #ABCDE2025 for an amazing 4 days blending new research with big-picture debate on global development in this era of political change.

Here's their video of my 15-min summary of #FoodPricesForNutrition, on whether & how agriculture can meet health needs:
www.youtube.com/live/AEV4YE1...

Who in the World Can Afford Healthy Food? Researchers at the Food Prices for Nutrition project at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts Universty are measuring the cost of the cheapest, locally available ingredients for...

Thank you to @lacastanon.bsky.social for wonderful piece explaining the work of #FoodPricesForNutrition.

It's a hot summer of new stuff from @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social, helping farmers and food suppliers meet health needs in the U.S. and worldwide.

Infographic explanation of the Healthy Diet Basket targets used to measure food security around the world

A new World Bank blog post explains how the #HealthyDietBasket allows us to track #FoodPricesForNutrition around the world:
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

We'll have more on this at the #ABCDE conference on July 25th, in the @cgdev.org session on ag & food: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

The Healthy Diet Basket is a valid global standard that highlights lack of access to healthy and sustainable diets - Nature Food The Healthy Diet Basket (HDB) is used for the measurement of Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet globally. This analysis compares the economic, nutritional and environmental characteristics of le...

This new paper validates the #HealthyDietBasket used to track food access globally, benchmarked to national food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) and EAT-Lancet targets for nutrition & sustainability.

A big step in work on #FoodPricesForNutrition from @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social #AgSky #FoodSky

Improving Access to Healthy Diets Is ‘Clearly Actionable’ Economist Will Masters says there are clear steps to improve access to healthy diets. They just need to be implemented.

Blog post from @foodtank.bsky.social summarizes this week's podcast conversation with Dani Nierenberg, offering a quick summary of #FoodPricesForNutrition, sustaining ourselves and rebuilding after Trump, and other #FoodEconomics work at @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social
#TeachEcon #EconSky #FoodSky

New SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity adopted by UN Statistical Commission FAO assumes joint custodianship of indicator seen as key to ending malnutrition

The UN Statistical Commission #UN56SC has just formally adopted the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) score as a global diet quality indicator.

Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.

Global analysis reveals persistent shortfalls and regional differences in availability of foods needed for health Sufficient food is available in the world for all people to consume sufficient calories, but not healthy diets. This study traces historical and proje…

New paper on past & future progress to sufficient food for #HealthyDiets globally, led by Leah Costlow @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social + @ifpri.org.

Results show how progress is slowing, unless we change course.

Useful findings from #econsky X #foodsky = #FoodEconomics, via #FoodPricesForNutrition

The Cost of a Healthy Diet – Eat This PodcastGitHubTwitterFacebookMicro.blogInstagramFlickr

Podcast alert, for 📉📈 about agriculture, food & health -- the latest episode of "Eat This" from Jeremy Cherfas tells the story of my #FoodPricesForNutrition project, interviewing several collaborators from the roof patio of the new World Bank offices in central Rome:
www.eatthispodcast.com/cost-diet

Food Prices Data Explorer Explore the cost and affordability of diets across the world.

Hurray for Our World in Data, now with updated visualizations of the global #FoodPricesForNutrition data. Thank you Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and all, @hannahritchie.bsky.social, @maxroser.bsky.social etc. 📈📉https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/food-prices

Measuring food access using least-cost diets: Results for global monitoring and targeting of interventions to improve food security, nutrition and health Benchmark diets using the most affordable locally available items to meet health and nutrition needs have long been used to guide food choice and nutr…

New review article provides a unified summary of how least-cost healthy diets are used to measure #FoodAccess worldwide, with #FoodPricesForNutrition methods for global monitoring and #FillTheNutrientGap to guide aid from the World Food Program. Lots of 📉📈 data!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...