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Podcast: Talking FACS
Episode: Food As Health Alliance
Description: Host: Jennifer Hunter, PhD, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky
Guests: Heather Norman-Burgdolf, PhD, Assistant Extension Professor for Nutrition and Health and Lauren Batey, RD, Program Coordinator, Food As Health Alliance
We delve into the topic of food as health, meeting health needs through food security. We discuss the crucial role that food choices play in chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol. We also address how food insecurity in Kentucky directly contributes to these diet-sensitive chronic conditions and why it's paramount to a...