Primary Care Perspectives: Food Insecurity - Episode 4

Pediatricians play an important role in screening for food insecurity, a problem that impacts many families. Saba Khan, MD, Medical Director of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Healthy Weight Program, discusses how providers can screen for food insecurity at well visits, ways to advocate for access to healthy food at the local level, and the important role pediatricians can play in referring families to nutrition programs and other community resources.