Is it any wonder we’re getting wider but not necessarily taller? So wondered John Peters last week at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute’s Fall Research Symposium.

The Arkansas Delta. That underachieving older sibling to the state’s golden children — the Ozarks and the Ouachitas. You know, the ones we clean up and shuffle out for guests.

How do we support good health for all?

That was the question posed Friday by John Peters, PhD, of Proctor & Gamble’s R&D division. Peters asked it under the backdrop of data from the World Health Organization that indicates almost as many people worldwide suffer from overnutrition (more than 1.5 billion) as from undernutrition (2 billion).

ABI is a joint venture between ASU, the University of Arkansas, UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Its purpose is to conduct research in the following areas: agriculture, bioengineering, tobacco, nutrition and any other related areas. This morning’s presentations focused on nanomaterials and the health-promotion aspects of diets rich in blueberries.