Addressing Structural Racism, Bias, and Health Communication as Foundational Drivers of Obesity Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2022) / Chapter Skim
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12 Policy Solutions for Nutrition Security and Obesity
12 Policy Solutions for Nutrition Security and Obesity
Pages 99-108
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, Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program, school meals programs, and Thrifty Food Plan -- the foundation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Bleich proposed that these circumstances offer a unique opportunity for the country to build back better -- to, for example, recover from the pandemic, pursue racial equity, rebuild the economy, address impacts of climate change, provide open markets and fair trade, and reinvigorate a competitive workforce. According to Bleich, USDA is supporting the pursuit of these goals by leveraging federal nutrition assistance programs to promote nutrition security.
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. She also referenced other analyses finding that school meals prepared under the updated nutrition standards contained higher proportions of vegetables, whole grains, and dairy foods and lower proportions of refined grains and empty calories relative to prior school meals (Hager and Turner, 2016; Johnson et al., 2016; Kinderknecht et al., 2020; USDA, 2021d)
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Bleich observed that school nutrition professionals have remained committed to preparing and serving nutritious meals to the nation's children during the pandemic, and stated that USDA has provided flexibilities, resources, and hands-on support to help them adapt to new models of operation and weather unpredictable changes to the food supply (USDA, 2022)
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The work in this phase involves building a digital network of advocates and fueling them with culturally tailored and curated content, data, tools, and actions with which to activate systemic community changes that can enable health equity. Ramirez elaborated on the process used to build the national digital network of Latinx health advocates, which she said includes more than 400,000 community leaders, parents, health care workers, and school personnel across the United States.
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In one case, a fifth grader and her teacher in San Antonio created an action pack modeled after their success in adding a water bottle fountain at their school, which improved children's access to clean water during the school day and provided an alternative to sugary drinks. Another action pack described by Ramirez helped establish food pantries in schools attended by students who experience food insecurity.
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. Salud's goal is a more cohesive culture for health equity, which Ramirez described as one in which everyone works individually and as a group to ensure that each person has a fair opportunity for health and wealth, as well as equitable access to basic resources required to achieve those goals.
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USDA Efforts to Improve Nutrition Security Bleich recapped two components of USDA's multipronged strategy for addressing nutrition security: (1) reevaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, which addresses cost and practical barriers to SNAP participants choosing a nutritious diet; and (2)
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Lessons Learned and Future Vision Ramirez stated that Salud America! has found social media to be an effective communication channel, as well as an example of how easily both accurate information and misinformation or disinformation can be rapidly distributed.
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