The Centre will serve as a gateway to the University by exploring solutions to food insecurity and malnutrition.
The University of North Florida has launched the Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, which will be housed in the Brooks College of Health.
In the United States, one in six Americans lack access to adequate amounts of healthy foods. The problem is even greater in Florida, and Duval County has one of the highest rates of food insecurity for the state at 20 percent of all adults.
The Centre’s mission is to bring individuals and organizations together in a coordinated, sustained effort that finds solutions, eliminating barriers in order to improve food access and nutritional health in the local and global community. The programme will be headed by Dr. Lauri Wright, UNF assistant professor in the Nutrition and Dietetics Flagship Programme.
The Centre will serve as a gateway to the University for non-profit agencies, government programs, professional organizations and industry personnel by exploring solutions to food insecurity and malnutrition. Major focus areas include food insecurity programming and evaluation, HIV nutrition, global malnutrition, food recovery and nutritional biomarkers.
