Food Insecurity in Texas An Overview from Public Health and Pediatrician Perspectives
Speaker: Sandra van den Berg, PhD, MPH
Length: 58:50 minutes
As the first webinar in a 3-part series on Food Insecurity in Texas, this webinar will discuss the problem of food and nutritional security in Texas from a public health and health care professional perspective. The webinar will cover epidemiological data on populations most affected, health-related manifestations of food security, and opportunities for physicians to screen for hunger during patient visits. This webinar is hosted together with the Texas Pediatric Society and the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.
Speakers:
Sandra van den Berg, PhD, MPH, Professor of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin
Sangeeta Jain, MD, Pediatrician, Texas Pediatric Society
Moderator:
Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD, Chief Medical Director for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
