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Integrating Nutrition into Healthcare in the Midwest

April 27, 2023 Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, FNS Midwest Region with Guest Author, Amanda Sweetman, Regional Director of Farming and Healthy Lifestyles for the Farm at Trinity Health

Can you imagine a day when healthcare is mostly proactive as opposed to reactive? Imagine if everyone has access to the vital conditions for health and wellbeing: the factors that people depend on to reach their full potential. What does that future look like?

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

How USDA Scientists are Winning the Battle Against Invasive Fruit Flies

April 27, 2023 Cecilia Sequeira, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Invasive fruit flies, such as the Oriental, Mexican, Mediterranean, and European cherry fruit fly, pose threats to many U.S. commercial and homegrown crops. If established, these flies could cause significant economic losses, requiring costly treatments to protect fruits and vegetables and reducing...

Animals Research and Science

Easier Enrollment in WIC Leads to Healthier Moms and Kids

April 27, 2023 Janna Kimosh, Public Affairs Branch Chief, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service

WIC is one of the most powerful, evidence-based public health programs, setting moms, babies, and young kids up to be healthy and thrive. The program is associated with incredible outcomes like improved diet quality, birth weights, and cognitive development, and reduced infant deaths, premature...

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security