What is Nutrition Security and How Do We Assess and Monitor It?

Chair(s)

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  Edward Frongillo, Jr., PhD (he/him/his)

  Professor and Director of Global Health Initiative
  Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Arnold School of Public Health
  University of South Carolina
  Columbia, South Carolina, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Alisha Coleman-Jensen, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Deputy Director for Food Economics Data Development
  USDA Economic Research Service
  Dunkirk, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Sara Bleich, PhD

  Professor of Public Health Policy
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Hilary Seligman, MD MAS (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  University of California San Francisco
  San Francisco, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): Feeding America: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing); Consultant (Ongoing); Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
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  Jennifer Coates, PhD

  Associate Professor of Food Policy and Applied Nutrition
  Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Nutrition security is an emerging concept that, although closely related, is distinct from food security. No standard measure of nutrition security currently exists. In this session, researchers from USDA’ Economic Research Service and university collaborators will share a conceptual framework for understanding nutrition security and its relationship to food security. The leaders will discuss this conceptual framework, its relationship to two constructs and multiple sub-constructs that form the basis of nutrition security, and how the proposed framework and corresponding constructs may provide (a) understanding of how nutrition security arises and how it differs from food security, (b) background on why assessment and monitoring of nutrition security is important, and (c) guidance for a research agenda that will further clarify the meaning of nutrition security and its measurement. Using an interactive format, this workshop will encourage collegial dialogue and audience participation.

Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM ET

  Introduction - The Need to Assess and Monitor Nutrition Security
  

  Chair: Alisha Coleman-Jensen, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Economic Research Service
• 4:05 PM – 4:10 PM ET

  Why Nutrition Security is Important for US Policy and Programs
  

  Speaker: Sara N. Bleich, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 4:10 PM – 4:15 PM ET

  How Nutrition Security is Related to the Health of the US Population
  

  Speaker: Hilary Seligman, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco
• 4:15 PM – 4:20 PM ET

  Properties or Sub-constructs of Nutrition Security for Assessment and Monitoring and How this Initiative in the US Dovetails with Global Needs
  

  Speaker: Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
• 4:20 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Small Group Discussions
  

  Speaker: Alisha Coleman-Jensen, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Economic Research Service

  Chair: Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina

  Speaker: Sara N. Bleich, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Speaker: Hilary Seligman, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco

  Speaker: Jennifer Coates, PhD – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
• 5:00 PM – 5:05 PM ET

  Global Efforts on Assessment and Monitoring of Healthy Diets
  

  Speaker: Jennifer Coates, PhD – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
• 5:05 PM – 5:30 PM ET

  Reporting, Polling and Discussion
  

  Speaker: Alisha Coleman-Jensen, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA Economic Research Service

  Chair: Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina

  Speaker: Sara N. Bleich, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Speaker: Hilary Seligman, MD MAS (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco

  Speaker: Jennifer Coates, PhD – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy