About the Researcher

Hi! My name is Vansh Agrawal, and I am currently an 11th grader at Ardsley High School in New York. I am interested in understanding how culture, lifestyle, environment, and society influence health and the way people live.

 

I first became interested in the social side of health while learning about how different communities around the world eat different foods, have different lifestyles, and have different beliefs about health and illness. I started reading articles and watching videos about diet, lifestyle diseases, culture, and how environment and society affect health. I noticed that many of these topics were connected to fields like medical anthropology and public health, which made me curious to learn more about how society and culture influence health.

 

To better understand this topic, I began researching how culture, food systems, environment, and socioeconomic factors influence health outcomes and lifestyle choices. I learned that health is not only determined by individual choices, but also by the environment people live in, the food available to them, cultural traditions, and social and economic conditions.

 

From this research, my understanding is that the social side of health is about understanding how culture, environment, lifestyle, and society influence how people eat, live, and make health decisions. It helps explain why people in different parts of the world have different health outcomes and lifestyles.

 

I created this website to explore these ideas and share articles, research, and ideas about culture, diet, lifestyle, and health, and to better understand how society shapes health and well-being.