Poor nutrition, exacerbated by food insecurity, is closely associated with health outcomes across the cancer care continuum. Health care providers and payers, including public health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, are increasingly seeking clinical and non-clinical opportunities to address food insecurity and malnutrition in patients to improve health outcomes and decrease health care costs.

Experts from Harvard Law, the Ohio State College of Medicine, Humana, and the Community Farm Alliance of Kentucky will discuss research about nutrition and cancer, national trends in food and health policy reform, and innovative programs in Kentucky that are increasing access to healthy food for underserved communities.