In 2012, Wholesome Wave — a nonprofit organization working to end food and nutrition insecurity — launched its Produce Prescription Program. The program combines healthcare with nutrition incentives, ...
Sarah Zou, clinical dietician, talks to Alma Rivera, who is eight months pregnant and has gestational diabetes, about what food she would like from the University of Utah Health Food Pharmacy trailer ...
Two Connecticut medical students have taken the “food is medicine” concept to a new level by taking a “food pharmacy” to new levels by opening a site at a free clinic. In addition to traditional ...
Food Lion has launched a “food pharmacy” pilot to address food insecurity and provide smarter food choices to customers with chronic health conditions. Under the two-year program with Novant Health’s ...
In every corner of our world, research indicates that a poor diet is a leading contributor to diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers that can cause death. In the ...
A Memphis hospital is making sure its patients never have to choose between medication and food. Methodist University Hospital recently launched a ‘Food Pharmacy' program to help tackle food ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The issue of hunger on the first coast has only gotten worse in the past year exacerbated by the pandemic and inflation, according to Feeding Northeast Florida. September 23 is ...
This video is no longer available. There are no pills, inhalers or suppositories at this pharmacy. A new “Food Pharmacy” has opened at a health clinic to better serve senior citizens in D.C.’s Ward 7 ...
Alma Rivera, 35, is expecting her first child next month. But during the pregnancy she developed gestational diabetes, so her doctor decided she and her baby would benefit from specialized nutrition ...