It’s no longer even about food and nutrition – now “nutrition science” is about global warming and climate change, animal rights and welfare and human labor abuses:
In the past few years the interests of my research group [Nutrition Science] have shifted to include three additional areas of inquiry. One of these is Stealth Nutrition. The central hypothesis driving this is that in order for more effective and impactful dietary improvements to be realized, health professionals need to consider adding non-health related approaches to their toolbox of strategies. Examples would be connections between food and 1) global warming and climate change, 2) animal rights and welfare, and 3) human labor abuses (e.g., slaughterhouses
