Short Takes on Suicide Prevention

Food insecurity as "nutritional functioning" with Dr. Diana Brostow


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This week, Adam interviews Dr. Diana Brostow, a Research Nutritionist at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC, about her work in food insecurity. She shares how our understanding of food insecurity is changing: It cannot be seen as strictly a poverty issue, i.e. "no money = no food = hunger", but instead is a complex problem, shaped by social, psychological, cultural, and environmental forces. Diana shares her research findings on nutrition and mental health, explains how she is reframing food insecurity as "nutritional functioning", and outlines future directions for this line of investigation.

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Short Takes on Suicide PreventionBy VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention

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