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Ecology of Food and Nutrition (EFN) promotes scholarly discussion and engagement on the holistic and cross-cultural dimensions of food and nutrition. Articles published in this journal focus on foods and food systems in terms of their utilization to satisfy human nutritional needs and improve health and wellbeing. The journal also publishes articles that examine how ecological, social, and cultural factors relate to food, food cultures, and nutrition. Only a handful of journals publish articles that explicitly address the intersections of food and nutrition, biology and culture, and policy and practice from a holistic and global perspective. It is this kind of scholarship that EFN seeks to promote. This issue of EFN includes ten articles representing studies conducted in Ethiopia, India, South Africa, Turkey, USA, and Tanzania. The articles included in this issue focus on a range of issues, including food insecurity, child nutrition, cultural factors associated with dietary preference, fasting during pregnancy, and the dietary and health impact of isolation due to COVID-19. The article by Wright et al. presents the results of an exploratory study examining the impact of food insecurity on cultural identity and well-being in second-generation American and international university students. Based on thirty-one semi-structured interviews with university students, the authors report a close relationship betweenfoodways and cultural identity in a university setting. The authors also discuss how the availability of cultural/ ethnic food influences identity in second-generation American and international college students. Ozdena and Kilic present the results of a descriptive study examining the effect of social isolation during the COVID-19 on nutrition and exercise among nursing students in Turkey. The authors collected data on 671 nursing students using the Questionnaire of Descriptive Characteristics and the Nutrition Exercise Behavior Scale. The authors report that the isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic results in students engaging in negative eating behaviors and not exercising on a regular basis. The article by Iradukunda and Poudel-Tandukar presents the results of an exploratory study of perceptions of a healthy diet and the sources of dietary information in Sub-Saharan African pregnant women living in the U.S. The authors used innovative qualitative data collection strategies, including photofood diaries, to comprehend women’s understanding of dietary information and recommendation. The authors reinforce the importance of incorporating culture-specific information into dietary recommendations to pregnant women. ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION 2021, VOL. 60, NO. 6, 633–635 https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2021.1999153