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Call for board members! If you are interested in using your skills and enthusiasm to further IPHN’s mission of facilitating impactful relationships between faith communities and organizations to advance public health, please contact us at [email protected]

Thanks to our friends at @kcsnewyork for calling attention to the harmful effects of excessive added sugar consumption, and to their support of the NYS Sweet Truth legislation to give NYers information to help themselves and their families! byeon.com/sarah-kim-column/

Please join us on June 19 for a webinar about how Franciscan values can inform our efforts to create a healthy and safe food system, and policy solutions we can mobilize around now. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… @franciscannet

Per a new analysis by @EnvDefenseFund, abt 3mil NYers live within a half-mile of large warehouses with polluting delivery truck traffic. Those residents are more likely to be Black, Hispanic or live in poverty. gothamist.com/news/1-in-3-ne…

Added sugars in NYers’ diets are a major contributor to diet-related diseases - like type 2 diabetes & heart disease. Thank you @KeithPowersNYC, @Lynn4NYC & the 36 (!) other Council co-sponsors for requiring chain restaurants to post added sugar warning labels.

" 'The U.S. appears to be the only Western country where life expectancies are trending in different directions' for the more- and less-educated" via @BrookingsInst brookings.edu/articles/accou…

What's the big deal with added sugars? In our latest blog post, recent @CUNYSPH grad & IPHN collaborative partner @AmandaGottlieb4 presents the facts & shares what NYers can do to help improve the food environment. iphnetwork.org/the_not_so_sw…

Food justice is health justice. Join #NYCFoodPolicyAlliance in asking @NYCMayor and @NYCCouncil to invest in local food systems that bridge the food & wealth gap in communities. #foodjustice #communityempowerment bitly.ws/B3Ed

"The problems of diet related diseases and disparities are almost entirely preventable, but will take a whole-of-country approach." -@DrBleich youtube.com/watch?v=u4vMZFAk…

Join us on 12/8 at 12PM for a discussion with the USDA’S @DrBleich about nutrition security and how faith groups can play a role. Register now! bit.ly/3OnPoJ1

It’s Election Day today! Exercise your right to vote and make a difference. To find your poll site, visit findmypollsite.vote.nyc.

It's the scary truth! Added sugars are hidden in some of our favorite treats, which can have equally scary consequences. The #sweettruth bill would add high sugar warning labels to chain restaurants across NYC. Learn more! cspinet.org/nyc-sweet-truth @CSPI

More from tonight’s Predatory Marketing Prevention Act panel-“[this act is about]controlling how products we know are having an effect are marketed” - @CraigWillingham.

Why does the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (PMPA) matter? Junk food companies spend billions of dollars targeting black and brown children which results in worse health outcomes. Thank you to @SenatorMyrie and other experts for leading this conversation.

“If we do not intervene now we are going to have an entire generation affected where profit is put over the health of our community” - @SenatorMyrie talks about the impact of marketing junk food to vulnerable communities at the PMPA Roundtable.

We’re live from the PMPA Roundtable with @SenatorMyrie & other experts to discuss the impact of predatory food marketing on our community. Follow along as we discuss this important topic!

We hope to see you tomorrow for the PMPA Roundtable which will discuss the impact of predatory food marketing in our community. More details here: facebook.com/events/78423790…

Junk food advertising can take a toll on the health of our community. Join stakeholders and health care professionals on 10/18 for a discussion around this impact & how the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (PMPA) can play a role. facebook.com/events/78423790…