Why We Fight with Our Food: Maya Adam at TEDxStanford

Maya Adam is a medical doctor who has taught at Stanford since 2009. Her courses on child health and nutrition are offered through the Program in Human Biology. Adam's online courses have generated a community of more than 60,000 international students. At the School of Medicine, she produces online content for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project, "Re-imagining Medical Education." In 2013, she created the online Stanford course, Child Nutrition and Cooking. This massive open online course aims to prevent childhood obesity by inspiring a return to simple home cooking. In 2013, Adam also founded Just Cook for Kids, a nonprofit organization that creates and shares educational videos on healthy eating and cooking for families. Before attending medical school, Adam was a professional ballet dancer for ten years at the State Theater of Saxony in Germany. She is also the mother of three young children.

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