The Federal Nutrition Programs Play an Important Role in Addressing Two Pandemics: COVID-19 and Diet-Related Chronic Diseases
In addition to persistently high COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States, an increasing number of Americans also suffer from diet-related diseases, including heart disease, diabetes cancer, and obesity. Both COVID-19 and diet-related diseases are impacted by poverty and hunger. Furthermore, structural racism drives inequity in hunger, poverty, and poor health.