Barbara DiPietro

Policy Director at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council

Barbara DiPietro appears in the following:

One-Third of US Homeless Population is Obese, According to New Study

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Obesity is one of the most pressing concerns in contemporary American life, and a new study finds that it affects the country's homeless population as much as it does the general population. Andrea De Mink, the founder and executive of an Indianapolis-based homelessness organization The PourHouse, strives to provide her patrons with the healthiest food possible in order to combat this rising concern, and Barbara DiPietro, the policy director of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, explains why this research is largely unsurprising.

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