Podcast Episode 225: Childhood Hunger: Let’s Change the Conversation – Clancy Harrison

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Childhood Hunger, Nutrient Deficiencies and Social Responsibility

School-age children, including adolescents, fall short on consuming essential nutrients to support learning, activity and development. In fact, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans highlights how many children and adolescents aren’t getting enough high-quality protein, iron, zinc, choline and vitamins B6 and B12. These nutrient deficiencies are especially alarming given the significant growth and development that happens during this life stage. When you consider this and the additional risks of hunger and the long term consequences of food insecurity and nutrient deficiencies, it becomes apparent that we need to change the assumptions, mindset and conversation around childhood hunger.

Tune into this episode to learn about:

• Nutrition, hunger and social responsibility
• The prevalence of food insecurity and risk factors for childhood hunger
• How the pandemic and rising food costs are impacting families with school age children
• Why childhood/adolescence is a pivotal time for proper nutrition yet nutrient deficiencies are common during these years
• How some children and adolescents aren’t getting enough high-quality protein, iron, zinc, choline and vitamins B6 and B12
• How families are coping with hunger
• How schools and communities are coping with hunger
• Short term and long term consequences of hunger
• Social responsibility – what it means and what we need to know
• Strategies to include nutrient rich foods that are accessible and affordable

How can you help make a difference? It’s in your heart. It’s in your mind. You have the skills and assets, just put it together and know that if we all start making small changes, whether that’s just with our mindset shift, big lasting changes will happen over time. The answer is that it’s inside you and you have it and you can do it. It’s just acknowledging it and connecting to hunger in a different way than we have in the past.” – Clancy Harrison

Clancy Harrison, MS, RDN, FAND

As a food equity advocate, international speaker, and author, Clancy Harrison challenges the way food insecurity is approached in the US. Her mission to demolish the stigma around nutrient rich food access places her on the cutting edge of advocacy and food justice.

Clancy is the founder of the Food Dignity® Movement, a strategic program for leaders who want to shift how they approach nutrition outreach by making access to nutrient rich food a priority with dignity.

Currently, Clancy is an advisory board member for the Pennsylvania American Academy of Pediatrics Food Insecurity EPIC program, Ambassador of the National Dairy Council, and the Past- President of the Al Beech West Side Food Pantry where she has served over 3 million meals during COVID-19. You can tune in weekly with Clancy at The Food Dignity® Podcast.

Resources

• White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health website
• White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health: Toolkit for Partner-Led Satellite Events
• Clancy Harrison | Food Dignity Movement | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook FDM
• 7 Budget Beef Meals
• Nutrition Resources on Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner website 

Related Posts

• Podcast Episode 172: Food Insecurity & Food Injustice: Stigma & Solutions – Clancy Harrison
• Podcast Episode 217: Rising Food Costs & Supermarket Solutions – Krystal Register
• Podcast Episode 219: Micronutrient Deficiencies & Dietary Diversity – Dr. Ty Beal

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