"Addressing Food Insecurity in the United States & Protecting Programs that Protect the Hungry" Professor Craig Gundersen of UIUC and Sophie Milam, Senior Policy Council at Feeding America, explore problems of access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food close to home. Food insecurity is one of the leading public health issues facing the United States today. It has become an important issue due to the magnitude of the problem -- approximately 50 million Americans are food insecure -- and the numerous negative health and other consequences associated with food insecurity. This is the second program in the Center for International Studies series on "Food (In)Security: Access, Equity, Frameworks." The event is cosponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Global Health Initiative, and University Communications. For more information about the Food (In)Security series, visit: cis.uchicago.edu/events/2011-2012/food-insecurity-series --- The World Beyond the Headlines lecture series is a project of the Center for International Studies. Speakers at past World Beyond the Headlines events include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, journalists Neil MacFarquhar and James Fallows, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Learn more about the series at cis.uchicago.edu/wbh.

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