Why I #GiveHealthy

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…

#GiveHealthy – Get Involved

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…

#GiveHealthy Gets Going!

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…

Announcing #GiveHealthy

  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…