Tufts-Harvard event marks the 50th anniversary of White House nutrition conference

This year is the 50th anniversary of a nutrition conference launched by President Nixon — the only such White House event. Its mission was to focus on nutrition’s impact on health with an aim to “put an end to hunger in America for all time.” To mark the occasion, nutrition researchers from Tufts University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are holding a conference today and tomorrow to examine current food and nutrition challenges as well as outline policy solutions, including for health care. There will also be an event in Washington on Oct. 30 in collaboration with Hunger Free America to look more deeply into issues of hunger and food justice as well as health and sustainability.