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The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: What it Means to Me

Posted by Dr. Sara Bleich, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, Food and Nutrition Service in Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security
Sep 27, 2022

It’s an exciting day in the country as we kickoff the second, historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It’s been more than 50 years since the last conference, which produced impactful, meaningful changes to improve USDA nutrition assistance programs, including SNAP, WIC, and school meals – all programs from which my family and I personally benefitted from when I was a child. Today, we are coming together to work towards ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases and disparities in the U.S. by 2030. Meeting this challenge will take the whole country. I hope you join this effort.