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Mariana Chilton
Professor of practice in public health and author focused on food security, trauma, and economic empowerment; researcher and advocate who led projects like Witnesses to Hunger and served on the National Commission on Hunger.
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Oct 23, 2025
• 28min
Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, author of The Painful Truth About Hunger In America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know -- and Start Again.
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Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, is a Professor of Public Health and an advocate for food security. In this engaging discussion, she reveals that hunger stems from greed, not food shortage, and highlights how low wages keep many reliant on support systems. Chilton emphasizes the need for solidarity over charity to tackle hunger effectively. She also discusses the urgency of measuring food insecurity and reveals its profound impact on children's health and futures. Ultimately, she calls for compassion and structural policy solutions to combat food injustice.
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