Make Every Bite Count, Even Little Bites!

New Funding Opportunity: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19

03/12/2021

Health Literacy

New Funding Opportunity: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19

03/12/2021 09:30 AM EST

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently announced a funding opportunity to encourage COVID-19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations. The new initiative – Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 – is expected to allocate $250 million to fund approximately 30 projects in urban communities and 43 projects in rural communities for two years. …

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Make Every Bite Count, Even Little Bites!

03/12/2021

Food and Nutrition

Make Every Bite Count, Even Little Bites!

03/11/2021 05:19 PM EST

By Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD, Nutrition Advisor, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

The period from birth until a child’s second birthday is a critically important time for growth and development. Nutrition during this early stage of life not only affects the health of the growing child, but may continue to affect their health through adulthood.

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