Dragonfly Tales: Your October PHA Update

This Month from PHA

By Partnership for a Healthier America ● Oct 06, 2022

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🔆 The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health created a sense of momentum for the issues we care deeply about at PHA. Read our takeaways from the day below.

🍂 We hope you'll enjoy the October recipe of the month: Sweet Potato Hash. This perfect for Fall recipe is flexible enough to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters.

🔍 What we're reading: Dr. Kofi Essel just released a new paper in the American Journal of Public Health that highlights the importance of nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child's life.

🌎 World Food Day is coming up on October 16th. Mark your calendar because we'll be making a special announcement about a new tool to help in the fight for Food Equity. In the meantime, take a minute to check out our Food Equity Action Center - where we've compiled ways you can help make a difference.

We hope you enjoy reading our latest updates,

The Partnership for a Healthier America Team

Recipe of the Month: Sweet Potato Hash

🍠 We hope you enjoy this recipe for Sweet Potato Hash. As the days get darker and colder, this recipe is the perfect warm pick-me-up that the whole family will love.

💚 We're providing fresh produce - like peppers, onions, and sweet potatoes - to families that face barriers to accessing healthy food as part of our work to fight for Food Equity.

🔥 Check out more of our Good Food for All recipes here.

PHA in the News

🗞️ The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health created a sense of momentum for the issues we care deeply about at PHA.

✨ We're thrilled that our organizational expertise and Food Equity work was featured in the news leading up to the White House Conference and after. Our top three media hits include:

MSNBC: A conversation with Nancy Roman, PHA's President and CEO, and Symone Sanders of MSNBC.
Fortune: An op-ed authored by Nancy Roman in Fortune calling on businesses to help build a culture of health.
NPR: An interview with Nancy Roman and Scott Tong of NPR Here & Now about prioritizing our nation's public health.

Raising Adventurous Eaters with Pediatricians

👶 The first 1,000 days - from pregnancy to age two - are critical for young children. This time period builds the foundation for all future learning, behavior, and health.

🌱 In a pre-released paper in the American Journal of Public Health, Dr. Kofi Essel, Community Pediatrician at Children's National Hospital and PHA Veggies Early & Often partner, highlights the importance of nutrition in the first 1,000 days and how pediatricians must play a role.

🗓️ On Thursday, November 10 at 3:00pm ET, PHA and the Dr. Yum Project will host a virtual event to release patient education resources for clinicians to help families raise adventurous eaters. Join the event.

What does 1.8 Million Servings of Produce look like?

🍎 The Gateway Region YMCA and PHA teamed up this summer to provide 360 tons of fresh produce to 3,000 families in St. Louis, Missouri through Good Food for All.

👏 Check out this video, created by the Gateway Region YMCA, to see what it looks like to make Good Food for All a success.