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Janet Chrzan

Janet Chrzan is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania and received her PhD in physical/nutritional anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research explores the connections between social activities and health outcomes, including diet during pregnancy, consumer adoption of local and organic food diets, and the relationships among food insecurity, inequality, nutrition, and public health. She is also interested in the dietary consequences of culinary tourism and has led food, wine, and culture tours to the Loire Valley and Tuscany. She is the author of Alcohol: Social Drinking in Cultural Context (Routledge, 2013), coauthor (with Kima Cargill) of Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets (Columbia University Press, 2022), co-editor of the three-volume set Research Methods for the Anthropological Study of Food and Nutrition (Berghahn, 2016), and co-editor of Organic Food, Farming and Culture (Bloomsbury, 2019).

Articles by Janet Chrzan

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Book Excerpt from Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets

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Opinion: Why We Fall for Fad Diets

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April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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Comparing Analytical Solutions for High-Throughput Drug Discovery

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