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Barbara A. Piperata

Nursing · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity
Child Nutrition and Water AccessIndigenous Health and EducationFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesCulinary Culture and Tourism

Publications

66

Citations

1,553

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
AI-generated

Barbara A. Piperata studies how food access, water security, and cultural practices shape nutrition and health, especially for mothers and young children in Amazonian, Latin American, and Indigenous communities. Her work combines biological and cultural (biocultural) research methods to understand issues like breastfeeding, complementary feeding, food insecurity, and water scarcity. Much of her research is field-based and draws on anthropology, human biology, and nutrition science.

Food and water insecurityMaternal and child nutritionBiocultural anthropology methodsAmazonian and Indigenous community healthEnvironmental and household determinants of health

Publication output has been steady with some variation over the last decade, peaking in 2022 and 2023, following a dip around 2020.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications212022: 8 publications8222023: 8 publications8232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Human Biology×7
  • Berghahn Books×5
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water×2
  • Annals of Human Biology×2
  • Ecology of Food and Nutrition×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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