968 - An End to the Household Food Security Report
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
About this episode:
As several states weigh suspending SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown, the USDA is releasing the final edition of the Household Food Security Report—a national report card on the state of food insecurity in the U.S. In this episode: Maureen Black, whose career in nutrition spans decades, explains why losing the annual report could set back nutrition efforts as millions of Americans struggle to access healthy food.
Guests:
Maureen Black, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist who has made significant contributions to the intersection of child development and nutrition. She previously chaired the Division of Growth and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Host:
Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.
Show links and related content:
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SNAP benefits to halt in some states amid government shutdown—ABC News
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USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food—NPR
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Why SNAP Matters and How We Can Help—Bloomberg American Health Initiative
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| 1:08.1 | podcast episodes. |
| 1:12.4 | It's Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 1:15.9 | Today, the complex problem of food insecurity. |
| 1:20.4 | Millions of Americans live in homes without regular access to healthy food. |
| 1:24.9 | Stephanie Desmond talks to Dr. Maureen Black, an expert on the intersection of health and nutrition at the University of Maryland about what rising |
| 1:28.1 | food costs, a reduction in government food programs, and the end of a gold standard research report |
| 1:33.6 | could mean for those who go hungry. Let's listen. Maureen Gleff, thanks so much for joining me. |
| 1:39.6 | Thank you, Stephanie. I'm delighted to be here. So you study the relationship between food insecurity and child health. |
| 1:48.4 | And I want to start really easy. Tell me what food's insecurity is. |
| 1:53.1 | Food insecurity really means an insecure access or a not consistent access to enough food to lead a healthy life. It's a fairly straightforward |
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