Guest Post by Ryan Hand, Graduate Student, Teachers College, Columbia University #GiveHealthy Intern As a nutrition and public health student I have seen firsthand the double burden of malnutrition, under-nutrition and over-nutrition. Across our nation, people simply aren’t consuming enough calories while others are meeting or exceeding the daily caloric requirement. In both scenarios, regardless…
It’s super easy to Get Involved with #GiveHealthy. Here are some ways: Become a #GiveHealthy Ambassador – we need people and organizations who are passionate about health, healthy eating and helping others – especially those struggling with food insecurity – to share the #GiveHealthy movement with their communities. The faster we help people learn that…
We announced #GiveHealthy just a short week ago and there’s already lots to report! We’re thrilled to have two new Advisory Board members. Dr, David Katz, M.D., (and so much more) brings a lifestyle medicine perspective to the Board. David is the founder of the True Health Initiative (among many other things), which is now…
Every journey starts with a step. So does every Movement. #GiveHealthy is a movement designed to change the most popular form of giving in the United States – donating food. It’s designed to get people to donate healthy food and to heighten public awareness that hunger is a health issue. Today is the day that…
What’s in a name? If you’ve been using the term “yam” and “sweet potato” interchangeably, than keep reading this blog. The truth is, a yam is not a sweet potato, and a sweet potato is not a yam – and you most likely have not had a true yam before. That sweet, deeply colored orange…