Nutrition Research Announcements

White House Announces Historic Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

May 4, 2022 | , , ,

Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced that it will hold a historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health this September. This Conference comes at a crucial time: we face new challenges in our food system, harming Americans and costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars in preventable health care spending every year.

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Booker, Braun, McGovern, and Walorski Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill That Would Convene a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health

Oct 26, 2021 | ,

U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Braun (R-IN) and U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would convene a second national White House conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health. The first such conference occurred just over 50 years ago, culminating in the creation and expansion of programs such as the...

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