Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Hunger Free Vermont to Upcoming Show| 02:53PM / Tuesday, June 01, 2021 | |
BENNINGTON, Vt. June 1, 2021—Southwestern Vermont Health Care's (SVHC) Medical Matters Weekly with Dr. Trey Dobson, a weekly interactive, multiplatform medical-themed talk show, will feature Anore Horton, the executive director of Hunger Free Vermont on its June 9 program.
Hunger Free Vermont is a statewide advocacy, education, and technical assistance nonprofit dedicated to ending the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters. The show will air at 12 p.m. Horton will reflect on her organization's initiatives toward food security and food security work happening throughout the state.
Horton spent 7 years managing Hunger Free Vermont's nutrition initiatives before becoming executive director. During her tenure, she has helped fight to eliminate the root causes of hunger through statewide initiatives that expand Vermont's participation in federal nutrition programs including 3SquaresVT, Meals on Wheels, school breakfast and lunch, summer and afterschool meals, and childcare meals, along with state-level projects that enact dignified solutions to hunger.
She spearheads the organization's campaign for universal school meals, as well as key collaborations with many Vermont and national partners to protect and expand the right to food, and to ensure that equitable access to nutritious and affordable food is built into the fabric of every Vermont community. Horton received her master's degree in teaching from the University of San Diego and her master's in history from Princeton University.
"Prior to the pandemic, food insecurity affected one in ten Vermonters," Horton said. "The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an urgent and unprecedented hunger crisis in Vermont. One in three Vermonters report having experienced food insecurity during the pandemic. Lack of affordable housing, low wages, high unemployment, a decrease in the number of affordable grocery stores, and lack of public transportation were all already contributing to hunger and food insecurity in Vermont, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these inequities."
After the program, the video will be available on area public access television stations. On CAT-TV, viewers will find the show on channel 1075 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Monday, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 a.m. Friday, and 7 p.m. Saturday. GNAT-TV's Comcast channel 1074 airs the program at 8 a.m. Monday, 9 p.m. Wednesday, and 1 p.m. Saturday.
Upcoming guests include:
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12 p.m. Wednesday, June 16: Patricia Ryan, RN, will share how she helps mend and strengthen hearts at SVMC Cardiac Rehabilitation.
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12 p.m. Wednesday, June 23: SVMC Pediatrician Meghan Gunn, MD, will share her interest in children's health and her thoughts about vaccinating adolescents and children for COVID-19.
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12 p.m. Wednesday, June 30: Nicholas Weinberg, MD, Emergency Medicine physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, will share his experiences working on the search-and-rescue teams, including at Mt. Denali in Alaska.
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12 p.m. Wednesday, July 7: Jeffrey Parsonnet, MD, infectious disease physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, will share his work as leader of the organization's post-acute COVID syndrome (commonly referred to as "long haulers") program.
To contribute questions in advance of each week's show, please e-mail wellness@svhealthcare.org or post to Facebook with #SVHCMedicalMattersWeekly.
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