Black and Brown communities have historically dealt with higher rates of chronic illness, many of which are the underlying conditions that contribute to hospitalizations and death from COVID-19 — hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.

Critical care physician Milton Mills, MD, who has served as a front liner in the fight against the coronavirus, will discuss the inherent challenges in national food policy that have contributed to racial disparities in the frequency and outcomes of chronic and infectious diseases. Recognizing nutrition as a root cause, he offers a way forward that is accessible to everyone: plant-based diets for health, healing, increased energy, and better overall immune system function.

Sponsored by A Well-Fed World, and presented together with the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s Committee on Plant-Based Health & Nutrition, Bronx House, Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, Central Brooklyn Diabetes Task Force, and the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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