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With food price inflation, and increased costs of basic needs, the average SNAP benefits of $6 per person per day is no longer a supplement, but an entire food budget for those under employed and underpaid. Listen in and learn more about how Gina Plata-Nino of Food Research & Action Center recommends to systemically tackle hunger in the United States.

How many people living in your city, county, and state have access at all times to enough food for a healthy, active life? In our latest episode, Alana Rhone and Matthew Rabbit highlight the important research USDA Economic Research Service is doing to help battle food insecurity in the US.

Update on the Nutri-Score! Two weeks ago, our Managing Director Robert Möslein gave a presentation on what's new with the Nutri-Score. Here are some insights from the presentation! Want to know more about why this is important for you? Message us! #isiinsights #sensoryresearch #nutriscore

During Hunger Action Month, we invite you to join the 1-day SNAP Challenge on Wednesday, September 13th! For the 1-day SNAP Challenge, you must only use $5.59 for all your nutritional needs. This is the daily average Arkansas SNAP benefit. Keep track of your budget for food for the day and keep track of your experiences. Tag a friend below and invite them to join you in the 1-day Snap Challenge! #OneDaySNAPChallenge #HungerActionMonth #AFBHungerActionMonth

🌟 Get ready to level up your social media game and join me for an unforgettable Pre-Conference Workshop at this year’s Alabama Dietetic Association Annual Meeting. Workshop Topic: Confidently Navigating the Social Media Landscape: Building a Strong Brand Presence for Registered Dietitians. ✨️Why Attend? 💕Empowerment: Gain the confidence to build, establish, and maintain a compelling social media presence for your brand. 💕Practical Insights: Learn practical, actionable insights tailored for dietitians in a digital age where online visibility is key. 💕Engagement Strategies: Discover effective techniques to showcase your expertise, captivate your audience, and foster meaningful connections. 💕Overcoming Challenges: Navigate the challenges of the digital world with ease and grace, turning obstacles into opportunities. 💕Positive Online Reputation: Confidently foster a positive online reputation that reflects your expertise and passion for nutrition. ✨️How to Register: Visit Eatrightalabama.org NOW to secure your spot! #ALDA2024 #BamaRDs #SocialMedia #Dietitian #ALDAConference

Here are my top 5 trends to consider to make a dent in food insecurity in 2024.

I am so inspired by professor Jen Cadenhead, her work and her recent post. In it she proposes five action steps that we as a society could take to “give some love” and improve food security. To me they are broad and bold proposals which address root causes of hunger, poverty and food insecurity. Together, if implemented, I believe they would go a long way to repairing our torn safety net, improving health status and social and economic well-being which, in turn, would help to weave together a more cohesive democracy. In hopes of understanding some of these proposals I crunched a few numbers. I focused my research on the professors second proposal which is to reduce barriers to participation in SNAP. In New York City (where I lived for more than 20 years) nearly 700,000 people who qualify for Food Stamps (SNAP) are not receiving aid. While there are a variety of reasons for this, most advocates argue that there are far too few pathways to access the benefit, that the process is odious and inefficient, and that far too often processing is delayed further deterring people from securing their benefit. This means families are having to make unnecessarily hard choices about which bills they can pay, whither to compromise safety by not paying utility bills, not seeing the doctor or purchasing medicine, or not eating. All of which have detrimental impact on personal, familial and community on city, state and national social and economic health. Just the most basic math regarding the economic impacts looks like this: The average benefit in New York City is $233 per month. Meaning 700,000 low income families are missing out on roughly $2,800 in financial supports for the sole purpose of purchasing food. This then translates into a monthly economic impact of $163,100,000 in lost economic activity for the City and therefor an annual loss of $1,957,000,000. These numbers account for direct sales. They do not take into account $1.4 dollar multiplier that the Federal GAO has calculated that SNAP has on the local economy. It’s been found that SNAP benefits are predominantly spent within 1mile of the recipient’s household which according to the GAO makes SNAP one of the most effective economic development tools the government has (contrary to popular belief the GAO also considered on e of the most efficient). What that means is that New York's under-resourced and disinvested communities are missing out on $2,740,080,000 lost in local economic development. This economic activity would solely circulate within the local food economy. What would the impacts on food apartheid, food security, health be if we removed all the barriers to SNAP and all in need had access to this federally guaranteed program? What are your thoughts? What are pathways towards securing these funds for all who qualify? How can we work together to make this a reality as we work towards obtaining equity in pay, a real living wage for all, an end to poverty and an end to hunger?

📚 Exciting Update! 🎓 Just completed the “Stanford Introduction to Food and Health” course, and it’s been an eye-opening journey. 🍏🥦📖 This course delved into the world of nutrients, helping me understand the importance of making informed food choices to support our health. I also gained valuable insights into the implications of food processing on our well-being. 🥗💡 #FoodandHealth #ContinuousLearning #NutritionEducation

It’s been a bit of a world wind since our annual 1:1 Diet Live convention 10 days ago! So many new tools to implement to help with our ways of working and the support we can give to our dieters. You can read all about it in the last edition of my monthly newsletter. Click here https://lnkd.in/dmUwQhJV #newsletter #weightmanagement #businesstools