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Nourishing Change Summit

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Cincinnati, Ohio

7-11 AM

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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Kroger Health’s Nourishing Change Summit will bring together leaders from multiple sectors to talk about Food as Medicine and how we can work together to drive positive change in our communities. Research shows what we eat can have an impact on our health. Food as Medicine takes an educated, dedicated, and personalized approach to food and nutrition, so we can live healthier lives and reduce the risk of chronic disease.

Kroger Health’s Nourishing Change Summit is the next iteration of the work that began at the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. By collaborating with organizations across many disciplines in food, academia, retail and community healthcare, we can help to improve health outcomes for generations to come.

Together We Inspire Change

Please note, this is an invitation only event. If you’re in the area and would like to learn more about Kroger’s Food as Medicine initiative, please join us at the Kroger Wellness Festival, open to the public.

Agenda

7:00AM – 8:00AM ET

Breakfast + Networking

8:00AM – 8:15AM ET

Welcome & Introduction 

Colleen Lindholz 

Speaker

Colleen Lindholz

President, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co. 

8:15AM – 8:45AM ET

The Case for Food as Medicine

Join Dr. Kevin Volpp from AHA as he shares why Food as Medicine is crucial to the health and wellbeing of our communities, the evidence needed to transform public policy and healthcare delivery, and why now is the time to fully embrace this mindset.

Dr. Kevin Volpp 

Speaker

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD

Distinguished Scientist, Scientific Lead, AHA Food is Medicine Initiative, Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine & the Wharton School

8:45AM – 9:30AM ET

Expanding Equitable Access to Nutritious Foods

The U.S. healthcare system is in dire need of a solution to improve access to nutritious foods and provide more equitable healthcare. This panel will discuss the effect of social determinants of health on access, quality, and cost of care, and how data, technology, and benefit design can improve nutrition security and health for Americans.   

Denise Osterhues Dr. Kofi Essel Rick Whited Daryl Risinger

Moderator

Denise Osterhues

Senior Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co.

President, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

Speaker

Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP

Food as Medicine Director, Elevance Health

Speaker

Rick Whitted

Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Hunger

Speaker

Daryl Risinger

Co-Founder, President, Soda Health

9:30AM – 9:45AM ET

Break

9:45AM – 10:10AM ET

Rapid Research Update: The Important Role of Retail Health in Clinical Research

Retail health organizations have played a unique role, providing a foundation for the advancement of clinical research on the impact of food on our health. This panel will discuss research outcomes and progress that has been made on connecting food and health. 

Dr. Andrea Brookhart Dr. Dylan Steen Jim Kirby

Moderator

Andrea Brookhart, PharmD

Director, Population Health & Wellness, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

Speaker

Dylan Steen, MD

Director of Clinical Trials and Population Health Research, Cardiologist, UC Health

Speaker

Jim Kirby, PharmD

Chief Commercial Officer, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

10:10AM – 10:55AM ET

Enriching Our Nutrition Environment

Enriching our environment to be more centered around nutrition and promoting healthier choices will involve several different facets. This panel will discuss each organization’s approach to creating more nutritious food, programs that inspire better health, and supply chain innovation to positively affect our food ecosystem. 

Taylor Newman Leah Vanwoerkom Sarah Ludmer AJ Stiffelman

Moderator

Taylor Newman, PhD

Director of Nutrition, Kroger Health, ​The Kroger Co.

Speaker

Leah Vanwoerkom

Vice President, Marketing & Brand, 80 Acres

Speaker

Sarah Ludmer

Senior Director of Wellbeing & Regulatory Affairs, Kellogg Company

Speaker

AJ Stiffelman

Chief Marketing Officer, Real Good Foods

10:55AM – 11:00AM

Closing Remarks

Jim Kirby Kate Meyer

Speaker

Jim Kirby, PharmD

Chief Commercial Officer, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

Speaker

Kate Meyer

Vice President, Health & Beauty Care Merchandising, The Kroger Co.

Agenda

7:00AM – 8:00AM ET

Breakfast + Networking

8:00AM -8:15AM ET

Welcome & Introduction 

Colleen Lindholz

Speaker

Colleen Lindholz

President, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co. 

8:15AM – 8:45AM ET

The Case for Food as Medicine

Join Dr. Kevin Volpp from AHA as he shares why Food as Medicine is crucial to the health and wellbeing of our communities, the evidence needed to transform public policy and healthcare delivery, and why now is the time to fully embrace this mindset.

Dr. Kevin Volpp 

Speaker

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD

Distinguished Scientist, Scientific Lead, AHA Food is Medicine Initiative, Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine & the Wharton School

8:45AM – 9:30AM ET

Expanding Equitable Access to Nutritious Foods

The U.S. healthcare system is in dire need of a solution to improve access to nutritious foods and provide more equitable healthcare. This panel will discuss the effect of social determinants of health on access, quality, and cost of care, and how data, technology, and benefit design can improve nutrition security and health for Americans.   

Denise Osterhues

Moderator

Denise Osterhues

Senior Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co.

President, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

Dr. Kofi Essel

Speaker

Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP

Food as Medicine Director, ElevanceHealth

Rick Whited

Speaker

Rick Whitted

Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Hunger

Daryl Risinger

Speaker

Daryl Risinger

Co-Founder, President, Soda Health

9:30AM – 9:45AM ET

Break

9:45AM – 10:10AM ET

Rapid Research Update: The Important Role of Retail Health in Clinical Research

Retail health organizations have played a unique role, providing a foundation for the advancement of clinical research on the impact of food on our health. This panel will discuss research outcomes and progress that has been made on connecting food and health. 

Dr. Andrea Brookhart

Moderator

Andrea Brookhart, PharmD

Director, Population Health & Wellness, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

Dr. Dylan Steen

Speaker

Dylan Steen, MD

Director of Clinical Trials and Population Health Research, Cardiologist, UC Health

Jim Kirby

Speaker

Jim Kirby, PharmD

Chief Commercial Officer, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

10:10AM – 10:55AM ET

Enriching Our Nutrition Environment

Enriching our environment to be more centered around nutrition and promoting healthier choices will involve several different facets. This panel will discuss each organization’s approach to creating more nutritious food, programs that inspire better health, and supply chain innovation to positively affect our food ecosystem. 

Taylor Newman

Moderator

Taylor Newman, PhD

Director of Nutrition, Kroger Health, ​The Kroger Co.

Leah Vanwoerkom

Speaker

Leah Vanwoerkom

Vice President Marketing & Brand, 80 Acres

Sarah Ludmer

Speaker

Sarah Ludmer

Senior Director of Wellbeing & Regulatory Affairs, Kellogg Company

AJ Stiffelman

Speaker

AJ Stiffelman

Chief Marketing Officer, Real Good Foods

10:55AM – 11:00AM

Closing Remarks

Jim Kirby

Speaker

Jim Kirby, PharmD

Chief Commercial Officer, Kroger Health, The Kroger Co.

Kate Meyer

Speaker

Kate Meyer

Vice President, Health & Beauty Care Merchandising, The Kroger Co.

Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Company, is a leading voice in retail and community healthcare, promoting healthy food as an important part of the solution to America’s chronic disease epidemic. Our contributions include developing a food rating system to simplify nutrition information, increasing access to dietitians through telenutrition, and increasing access to fresh, affordable food for everyone.

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This event will take place in conjunction with our annual Kroger Wellness Festival, which opens Friday 9/22 and continues through Saturday evening. For more information, visit here.

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