The Puerto Rican/Latino community in Hartford, Connecticut suffers disproportionately from a wide variety of nutrition-related problems, including food insecurity, insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables, high rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases, and low breastfeeding rates. The Hispanic Health Council (HHC) has since its inception worked to address these problems, and has developed a highly effective model that integrates the utilization of its key strategies of research, service and advocacy.