Abu Ansar Md Rizwan

🎉 Excited to share that my latest research, "Food noise as a missing piece in obesity treatment," is now published (free to read!) in the International Journal of Obesity.

"Food noise" is the persistent, nagging thoughts about food that many people struggling with weight describe—this piece explores how we can better address it in obesity treatment.

Read here 👉 https://rdcu.be/fzBng

Happy to share that my latest paper is now published Open Access in Public Health Nutrition! 🎉

"Invisible and Undernourished: Food Insecurity Among International Graduate Students in the United States as an Overlooked Nutrition Equity Challenge"

Read the full paper here:

Invisible and Undernourished: Food Insecurity Among International Graduate Students in the United States as an Overlooked Nutrition Equity Challenge | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core Invisible and Undernourished: Food Insecurity Among International Graduate Students in the United States as an Overlooked Nutrition Equity Challenge

Some good news to share 🎉 My latest research paper just got published (Open Access, free for anyone to read)!

It's about a puzzle in South Asian health: fish is usually considered one of the healthiest foods you can eat, especially for your heart. And South Asia has been producing way more farmed fish than ever before. But heart disease and related health problems keep rising in South Asian communities anyway. My paper digs into why that might be — basically, why fish isn't protecting people the way we'd expect.

You can read it here for free: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980026103140

Thanks to everyone who has supported me along the way—more work like this to come!

When Fish Fails to Protect: Interrogating the South Asian Cardiometabolic Paradox in the Era of Aquaculture Transition | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core When Fish Fails to Protect: Interrogating the South Asian Cardiometabolic Paradox in the Era of Aquaculture Transition

Grateful to receive these recognitions from the Nutrition & Metabolic Health Initiative (NMHI) at Texas Tech University.

Thankful for the support, mentorship, and teamwork that continue to inspire me throughout this journey. Looking forward to learning and contributing more in the future.

Honored to be nominated for Student Leader of the Year 2026 by Texas Tech Student Involvement.

Grateful to serve as President of the Graduate Nutrition Organization and thankful for everyone who has supported me along the way.

Excited to join the Editorial Board of BMC Nutrition and to have completed Springer Nature Editorial Academy training.
Looking forward to contributing to nutrition & public health research.

Healthcare access and quality remain uneven in Nepal, despite ongoing reforms. The study highlights that significant gaps in service delivery, particularly in public and private hospitals in Eastern Nepal, contribute to patient dissatisfaction. This qualitative study involved eight Focus Group Discussions with health professionals and patients, guided by semi-structured interviews. Key findings include a lack of specialist care, inadequate infrastructure, and high hospital charges, which exacerbate regional disparities and extend waiting times. However, nursing care consistently emerged as a strong component of patient satisfaction.
Although more work is still needed, these findings underscore the importance of enhancing specialist availability, upgrading infrastructure, and expanding health insurance to improve healthcare quality and accountability.
Read the full article here 👇

Health management services and patient satisfaction – institutional and patient perspective: a qualitative study in Eastern Nepal - BMC Health Services Research Despite ongoing health reforms, Nepal continues to struggle with significant disparities in healthcare access and quality. This qualitative study explores

📚 Honored to contribute to research integrity through peer review with Springer Nature journals in 2025.

🙏 Grateful for the opportunity to support authors and editors in strengthening high-quality, trustworthy research in public health and nutrition.

Graduate Fellowship Reception...2025

✅ Summer well spent!
Wrapped up my final 4 certifications of the season (total 16 this summer!) 🎯

🏋 NASM Personal Fitness Trainer
🎨 Adobe Content Creator
💻 Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce
🏥 Johns Hopkins Medical Office Manager

I'm excited to put these skills into action in my research, teaching, and healthcare work. 💪📚