Closing the Food Gap with Lucia Leone
From Driven to Discover by University at Buffalo
March 3, 2026 · 20 min · Season 4 · Episode 6
About this episode
Lucia Leone discusses the challenges of achieving nutrition security for families facing barriers to healthy eating.
Lucia Leone’s interest in nutrition began in childhood, as she watched her mother—without a car and on a limited income—still manage to put healthy meals on the table. Now an associate professor of community health and health behavior at the University at Buffalo, Leone studies how to make nutritious eating achievable for families facing similar barriers. In this episode, she joins host David Hill to explain why simply expanding access to food is not enough to ensure nutrition security. She d...
People in this episode
Host: David Hill
Guest: Lucia Leone
Topics covered
- nutrition
- food security
- community health
- barriers to healthy eating
- socioeconomic factors
Keywords
- nutrition
- food access
- health behavior
- community health
- socioeconomic barriers
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University at Buffalo
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