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President Biden’s emergency relief plan includes a substantial investment in WIC to help it reach more eligible families, marking one of the plan’s several food assistance expansions to reduce today’s high levels of hunger and hardship. WIC, which is federally funded but operated by local clinics, provides low-income pregnant individuals, new parents, babies, and toddlers with nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and social services but millions of eligible people aren’t enrolled.
WIC (formally the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) has a proven record of improving lifetime health for women and their young children. Participating in WIC leads to better health for infants, more nutritious diets and better health care for children, and higher academic achievement for students. Connecting more eligible women and young children to WIC could also reduce stark racial disparities in
Kate Farms Adds Significant Investment to Series B Round from Main Street Advisors
Main Street Advisors Joins Goldman Sachs and Kaiser Permanente Ventures to Help Make Plant-Based Nutrition Available to All
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®, the market leader bringing plant-based nutrition into healthcare, announced today that Main Street Advisors has joined Goldman Sachs and Kaiser Permanente Ventures in Kate Farms Series B funding round, bringing the final raise to $60 million.
Kate Farms produces plant-based, organic, clinically proven formulas for tube feeding to help nourish those with chronic illnesses. The company also produces nutrition shakes consumed orally for people with shorter-term or milder conditions that don t require tube feeding. Made without major allergens, the product portfolio is USDA Organic-certified, vegan, gluten-free and kosher, and is accessible in more than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
An Agriculture Department spokesman said today that it would follow President Biden’s executive order requesting USDA take action to expand and improve nutrition benefits.
Hispanic Students Show Highest Obesity Rates
By Sandra G. Leon
A study released this week found that childhood obesity rates in Hispanic children are more than twice as high as white students in San Diego County schools, with 23.1 percent of Hispanic students being overweight or obese, compared to only 8.9 percent of white students.
The report, released by the San Diego County Obesity Initiative (COI), reviewed physical fitness test results of over 99,000 students among the 42 school districts in our county. The tests measure body composition of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade students consistent with the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Jan. 14, 2021 the "Washington Post" published a summary of President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed emergency coronavirus plan (“What’s in Biden’s 1.9 trillion emergency coronavirus plan"). While ambitious, there is