USDA’s Caree Cotwright on Nutrition Security
Caree Cotwright, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity at the Food and Nutrition Service at the US Department of...
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Caree Cotwright, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity at the Food and Nutrition Service at the US Department of Agriculture, explains the concept of nutrition security on a new episode of Add Passion & Stir. “Nutrition security is everyone in our country having consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, and affordable food, but also food that is optimal for their health and wellbeing,” she says. “If we want to achieve health equity and make sure that everyone has a just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, we have to focus on [health] inequities and disparities so that everyone can thrive.”Resources and Mentions:
Dr. Caree Cotwright
Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity at the Food and Nutrition Service
Dr. Caree Cotwright, director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity at the Food and Nutrition Service at the US Department of Agriculture. Dr. Cotwright is leading a USDA-wide approach to advancing food and nutrition security in the United States.
Food and Nutrition Service
The mission of the Food and Nutrition Service at the USDA is to increase food security and reduce hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income people access to food, a healthy diet and nutrition education in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
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