Nyalapa, McDonald WConn, CathNayar, Shoba2026-06-292026-06-292023-07-06Rangahau Aranga: AUT Graduate Review, ISSN: 2815-8202 (Print); 2815-8202 (Online), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 2(1). doi: 10.24135/rangahau-aranga.v2i1.1402815-82022815-8202http://hdl.handle.net/10292/21527Transformative public health must move from its historically overly Eurocentric and professionally driven orientation towards local-contextualised, community-based health, empowerment and codesign of health research. Like many Pacific nations, Malawi is experiencing changes in its food systems which has health implications for Malawi people. This study sought to democratise and ‘open up’ the exploration of family eating through a photovoice collaboration with Malawian families with a view to understanding the links to a newly emerging and serious public health problem—that of diabetes.Copyright (c) 2023 Shoba Nayar, McDonald W. Nyalapa, Cath Conn. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences4203 Health Services and Systems4206 Public Health42 Health Sciences3210 Nutrition and DieteticsObesityNutritionBehavioral and Social Sciencepublic healthphotovoicediabetesnutrition transitionJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.24135/rangahau-aranga.v2i1.140