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Food Is Health Policy: A National Imperative

Drawing on perspectives from healthcare to agriculture, the discussion focuses on actionable approaches to Make America Healthy Again.

We recently brought together a multidisciplinary panel of experts sharing practical strategies to address critical issues at the intersection of healthcare and food policy. Drawing on perspectives from healthcare to agriculture, the discussion focuses on actionable approaches to Make America Healthy Again.

Key Discussion Points:

  • Outlining the work currently being done in Food Is Health, what is working and what the challenges are.

  • Leveraging nutrition as a cornerstone of preventive care.

  • Piloting programs to test and scale innovative health interventions.

  • Promoting collaboration between public institutions and private industries to achieve systemic improvements.

The diverse expertise of the speakers provides a comprehensive view of the challenges and opportunities in transforming healthcare through a more nutritious and affordable food system. This session offers valuable insights for policymakers, healthcare providers, and stakeholders seeking pragmatic solutions.

Among others, this conversation includes:

  • Carter Williams, iSelect Fund

  • Erin Martin, FreshRx

  • Eric Smith, Edacious

  • Walt Duflock, Western Growers

  • Joe Pizzorno, ND, author, researcher, educator, and speaker on science-based naturopathic medicine

  • Brie Cox, GRC Advising, speaking on behalf of Appalachian Regional Healthcare

  • Mike Biagi, Rotunda Group

  • Robert Lustig, M.D., M.S.L., Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); author, researcher, educator, and speaker on obesity and metabolic syndrome

  • Ellen Brown, bp2 Health

RESOURCES (generated by NotebookLM)

Briefing Doc: Food is Health Policy Meeting 12/6

Stakeholder Concerns and Priorities in Food is Health Policy

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Discussion about this podcast

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The US spends $1.7t on food and $1.9t on healthcare due to poor nutrition annually. We need to come together to find the answers, so here we are, connecting food, health, and the economy. Your hosts Carter Williams (CEO iSelect Fund), Katie Stebbins (Exec Director of the Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Institute) and Ellen Brown (Co-Founder BP2 Health) combine decades of relevant and innovative cross-sector experience to cultivate conversation that will drive not just solutions but disruption. In each episode, the hosts and their guests dig into time-sensitive hot topics in food and health, talk with experts, and connect the dots between disruptors, ideas, and solutions.