Strengthening nutrition readiness is essential to supporting the overall well-being and resilience of military families. This webinar will describe an important shift from viewing food security solely as economic access toward a more comprehensive, military nutrition readiness framework grounded in three pillars: physical access to food, economic access to food, and nutrition quality. The speakers will explore how nutrition readiness requires financial resources as well as geographic access to food and the availability of foods that support optimal health and human performance.
Building on this understanding, attendees will gain an overview of federal nutrition assistance programs and Cooperative Extension education programs that support both nutrition and financial readiness. Further, attendees will hear from an installation community partnership addressing nutrition readiness at Fort Drum, enabling more effective referrals and connections to resources.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the three pillars of military nutrition readiness as a framework for professionals working to increase nutrition readiness among military families.
- Describe evidence-informed programs used by service providers to strengthen nutrition and financial readiness.
- Identify local, state, and federal programs that support nutrition and financial readiness among military families.
- Identify potential community partners in their own location or workplace to collaboratively strengthen nutrition and financial readiness in the military families they serve
