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Kelly Moltzen

New York, New York
The goal of my blog is to provide people with the tools and motivation needed to change the world and make people healthier. I'm a graduate student in the International concentration of NYU Steinhardt's Community Public Health program, and have an Honors Bachelor's of Science Degree with... Full Bio
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Farm Bill Action Needed! by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture is at work on its version of the 2012 Food & Farm Bill right now. (The Senate Agriculture Committee passed  its versio ... Read on »
Food Movements Unite! by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy It was about the same time that I started reading “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé that I received some information about Food First in the mail.  With ... Read on »
Diet for a Small Planet: Lessons for the Long Haul by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last September, I attended the 40th anniversary celebration of Frances Moore Lappé's book "Diet for a Small Planet" in New York City, entitled "Feeding Hope, Living Democra ... Read on »
New York City’s FreshDirect Deal – Just Doesn’t Go Far Enough by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A Bad Deal from the Start On February 7th, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, and Bronx Borough President Diaz announced a deal that provides FreshDirect with $127.8 millio ... Read on »
If only all bodegas looked like the one on the northwest corner of 96th & Lex... by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Promoting healthy items in corner stores is one of those hot topics in public health right now. ( Market Makeovers  video) Yet, this fad is only beginning ... Read on »
If only all bodegas looked like the one on the northwest corner of 96th & Lex... by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Promoting healthy items in corner stores is one of those hot topics in public health right now. ( Market Makeovers  video) Yet, this fad is only beginning ... Read on »
GROW! by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy You’ve seen the numbers: more than 925 million hungry. But hunger is not about too many people and too little food. Our rich and bountiful planet produces enough food t ... Read on »
GROW! by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy You’ve seen the numbers: more than 925 million hungry. But hunger is not about too many people and too little food. Our rich and bountiful planet produces enough food t ... Read on »
Oxfam's Sow the Seed Campaign by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Now more than ever is the time to get keyed in to the good work Oxfam is doing. For the past few years (up until Congress dropped climate change legislation from the radar) ... Read on »
Oxfam's Sow the Seed Campaign by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Now more than ever is the time to get keyed in to the good work Oxfam is doing. For the past few years (up until Congress dropped climate change legislation from the radar ... Read on »
Food Security and HIV/AIDS in Kenya by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Ellen Gustafson, the co-founder of FEED Projects , launched the " 30 Project " on TEDxEast this past Friday. In light of reading the statistics on the new 30 Project websi ... Read on »
Jumpstart Life-long Healthy Eating Habits with your Child in the Bronx: Get Involved! by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I recently wrote a newsletter on combating childhood obesity during a pediatric rotation of my dietetic internship at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Here's the ... Read on »
Childhood obesity in NYC flow chart by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I'm working on this flow chart of childhood obesity in NYC and interventions. It's a work in progress - feedback welcome! Childhood obesity in NYC flow chart ... Read on »
CLEAN Water for Life by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 6:00-8:30pm NYU School of Law Vanderbilt Hall, Room 204 40 Washington Square South RSVP: Co-sponsored by , , , , and Wallerste ... Read on »
CLEAN Water for Life by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 6:00-8:30pm NYU School of Law Vanderbilt Hall, Room 204 40 Washington Square South RSVP: nyuworldwaterday@gmail.com Co-sponsore ... Read on »
The End of Poverty? by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The End Of Poverty? from Philippe Diaz on Vimeo . This Saturday I went to Radical Living for a New York Faith & Justice house gathering/film screening to ... Read on »
Oxfam Action Corps recruiting for 2010-2011 by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On behalf of Oxfam Action Corps, the activist arm of Oxfam America, I am posting the following volunteer opportunity message. Oxfam is one of the leading non-profit organ ... Read on »
What's On Your Plate? on the Discovery Planet Green Channel by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy If you've read any of my earlier posts about "What's On Your Plate" you know how important a film it is. Fortunately, the film will be shown soon on Discovery's Planet Gree ... Read on »
Re-evaluating Obesity by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I saw an open heart surgery a few weeks ago. And I never want to see another one in my life. What the food industry has done to us is very disturbing. It's messed with p ... Read on »
some thoughts on Avatar by Kelly Moltzen Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy It's funny I saw Avatar right in the middle of my VA Spinal Cord Injury rotation (since the main character is a veteran with a spinal cord injury). It must be Eywa (the Na' ... Read on »