Webinar-Food Insecurity-4-27-2023

Food insecurity, defined as insufficient food to meet the demands of an active and healthy lifestyle, is a major healthcare concern, causing poor health outcomes including obesity, poor control of blood sugar, depression, difficulty concentrating in children and low birth weight. Learn how you can integrate screening and provide appropriate food resource referrals.

Objectives

• 1.    Define food insecurity.
• 2.    Identify 3 health effects of food insecurity.
• 3.    Describe the food insecurity screening tool ‘The Hunger Vital Sign
• 4.  Discuss how people cope with food insecurity and the behaviors they adopt.