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Professor Hettie Schönfeldt of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) was recently appointed as the Hub Chair for the United Nations Academic Impact Sustainable Development Goal 3 (UNAI SDG 3) – Good Health and Well-Being.
Prof Schönfeldt holds the SARChI Chair in Nutrition and Food Security at UP, is a member of the UN High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Food and Agricultural Organisation, and was elected in October 2024 to serve on the World Health Organisation Food Based Dietary Guideline Group.
Her research focuses on linking nutrient quantity and quality of foods to sustainable food systems for attaining nutrition and food security for all. She is an advocate for nutrition research, promoting excellence through the creation, translation and dissemination of science-based information into policies, programmes and training programmes both nationally, and internationally. She publishes evidence on why country-specific food composition data is essential to make it possible to interpret the dietary outcomes of countries.