Community and Public Health Nutrition

Food Security and Its Connections to Nutrition and Health (Oral 39)

Chair(s)

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  Maria Koleilat, DrPH, MPH

  Assistant Professor
  California State University, Fullerton
  Manhattan Beach, California

Co-Chair(s)

• MM

  Melissa Melough

  Graduate Research Assistant
  University of Connecticut
  Vernon, Connecticut

Speaker(s)

• AL

  Andrea Lopez-Cepero

  Graduate Student
  University of Massachusetts Medical School
  Worcester, Massachusetts
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  Heather Valentine, MS, RD

  Research Administrative Assistant
  University of Kansas Medical Center
  Kansas City, Kansas
• KS

  Kate Sinclair, MSc., R.D., PhD Candidate

  PhD Candidate
  McGill University
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• KD

  Kimberly Dong, DrPH, MS, RDN, LDN

  Research Assistant Professor
  Tufts University
  Boston, Massachusetts
• CL

  Cindy Leung, MPH, ScD

  Assistant professor
  University of Michigan School of Public Health
  Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  Amanda McClain, PhD

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
  Boston, Massachusetts
• LJ

  Lamis Jomaa, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  American University of Beirut
  Beirut, Lebanon
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  Rebecca Hagedorn, BS

  Graduate Research Assistant
  West Virginia University
  Morgantown, West Virginia

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

  The association between Food Insecurity and Emotional Eating in Latinos is mediated by perceived stress
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  Food Insecurity among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants and its Relationship with Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Health-Related Quality of Life
• 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

  Food Insecurity in Colombia from 2014 to 2016: Who are Most Vulnerable and Why
• 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

  Food insecurity, morbidities, and mental health in adults on probation in Rhode Island
• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

  Food insecurity is associated with lower diet quality in US adults – variations by race/ethnicity
• 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

  Food insecurity and diet intake by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program receipt among Boston-Puerto Rican adults after the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

  Food insecurity is associated with low dietary quality and diversity among Lebanese mothers: Findings from a National Cross-sectional Study
• 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

  Food Insecurity Correlates and Behaviors Among College Students In Appalachia and Southeastern Regions: A Regional Higher Education Analysis