What’s in an apple?
It’s a simple question that seems to grow more complex the more you think about it. But what comprises an apple — or any food, really — is at the core of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative. The project posits that knowing more about the biomolecular composition of food can help address the world’s most pressing human and planetary health challenges, from climate change to malnutrition to biodiversity loss.
PTFI looks to analyze food composition data to uncover “the black box of the linkages between food and health,” Selena Ahmed, global director of the initiative at the American Heart Association, told Devex.
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Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan is a journalist and editor, primarily focusing on climate change, migration, humanitarian crises, and human rights. She was previously an Associate Editor at Devex, where she managed the op-eds section and led a project covering climate resilience in small island developing states. Helen was also features editor at World Politics Review, and editor and writer at the environmental think tank WRI, as well as editing for The New Humanitarian. She lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
