Food insecurity remains a silent crisis affecting countless lives, but healthcare plans like Wisconsin’s Chorus Community Health Plans are paving the way for change for its community. Through its 3 year partnership with Foodsmart, Chorus is not only addressing immediate needs but also nurturing long-term health outcomes with: 🥦 Direct access to nutritious food for underserved populations 📘 Educational programs on healthy eating 🤝 Support systems that empower individuals and families More from Amanda Jaffe in Food Bank News here: https://lnkd.in/g7nhZyrV #HealthcareInnovation #FoodAsMedicine #Nutrition #Telenutrition #FoodInsecurity
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One of the reasons I'm so thrilled to join Public Health Institute as the new president and CEO is because of the organization's long history of working alongside communities to build innovative, sustainable, equitable solutions to public health issues. One recent example: addressing nutrition and food security. PHI’s Center for Wellness and Nutrition partnered with communities and the Stockton Food Bank to design and launch the Healthy Food Rx program, which provides home-delivered healthy food boxes to low-income people living with diabetes in Stockton, CA—where over half the town's population is diabetic or pre-diabetic. Our recent evaluation found that Healthy Food Rx participants were able to lower A1C levels, better self-manage diabetes, and improve overall diet and food security at 12 months. The program's success demonstrates the power of "food as medicine" prescription kits and provides a potential roadmap for other communities across the country. Learn more in this great news coverage from Civil Eats: https://lnkd.in/dPfNZgFN #FoodAsMedicine #FoodSecurity #NutritionSecurity #HealthyFood #HealthyFoodRx
Can Prescription Meal Kits Help Fight Diabetes?
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Food insecurity in the United States has been increasing: across our country, an estimated 44 million people, including 13 million children, are living in food-insecure households. Nutrition security - the consistent and equitable access to health, safe, affordable foods essential to optimal health and wellbeing - is closely intertwined with food security. A person cannot achieve nutrition security if they are food insecure. Thankfully, nutrition security has become an important goal of federal nutrition programs alongside the long-standing goal of food security. In a new blog, Minerva Delgado, Director of Coalitions & Advocacy at Alliance to End Hunger, explores how the federal nutrition programs SNAP and WIC form a necessary food safety net for millions, providing access to food and improving nutrition, health, household finances, academic outcomes for children and productivity for adults. #WIC #SNAP #foodsecurity #hunger #nutrition https://lnkd.in/eQZJve3k
Improving the Health of Ourselves and Our Nation - 1,000 Days
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Access to nutritious foods is one of the most important social drivers of health in many communities. For Native Americans, the disruption of traditional food systems has contributed to inequitable health outcomes, such as higher rates of chronic diseases impacted by nutrition. Along with the American Heart Association, we’re committed to supporting several Tribal Nations in Kansas to increase access to healthy foods and rebuild traditional food systems. This includes a Food as Medicine pilot, as well as other programs designed to preserve the significance of traditions related to nutrition in these communities. https://uhc.care/t3r2z7
Increasing access to healthy foods in Kansas tribal nations
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Watch Shaurya, a student from our Food Funda program, identify the various nutrients on his plate! Having a balanced meal that is able to provide us with various nutrients is key to our health. Our Food Funda students are learning about how they can eat balanced and diverse diets using everyday ingredients. Like Shaurya, countless other students are looking at their plates and making them more colourful, diverse and nutritionally rich! To see more of how our Food Funda program is making a positive impact on our student's health and well-being, check out our impact report here: https://rb.gy/ctmyj #foodshaala #foodshaalafoundation #foodfunda #diet #balanceddiet #nutrients #nutrition #health #healthyfood #healthyeating #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #healthykids #wellbeing #goodfood #food #foodie #foodeducation #nutritionawareness #impact #donate #childnutrition
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Loving this take from Business Insider on how healthy food plans can help address high healthcare costs & chronic illness rates. Kudos to the #hcps who are writing food prescriptions to help people get healthier faster by treating or preventing disease before it becomes severe. That being said, we need to address food deserts & provide access to nutritious food. There are many positive outcomes to doing so: 🍊 Increased access to fresh produce can improve overall nutrition & reduce the risk of #chronicdiseases such as #obesity, #diabetes, & #cardiovasculardisease. 🍅 Improved nutrition can lead to lower cholesterol levels, reduced blood pressure, & a decreased risk of heart disease and stroke. 🧒 Children with access to nutritious food are more likely to perform well academically. Proper nutrition is essential for cognitive development & concentration in school, & adequate intake of essential nutrients supports healthy growth & physical development, reducing the risk of developmental delays & health issues later in life. 🥑 Establishing grocery stores, farmers’ markets, & other food outlets in underserved areas can create jobs & stimulate local economies. Access to healthy food can strengthen community ties & improve overall quality of life, fostering a sense of well-being and social cohesion.
Doctor-designed food prescriptions could help patients cut medical costs for hypertension and cancer
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🌿Fruit & Veg on Prescription? YES please!!🌿 It was wonderful to hear about the success of Alexandra Rose Charity pioneering initiative in London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Lambeth, that prescribed patients’ fruits and vegetables! It has shown fantastic results in tackling obesity and high blood pressure among low-income households. Hundreds of NHS patients received vouchers for fresh fruit and vegetables, worth up to £8 per week, leading to great health improvements. After just eight months: 🍎 90% of participants reported better physical health. 🥦 The number of GP visits nearly halved. 🍓 80% met the recommended intake of five portions of fruit and veg per day (up from 28%). 🥕 70% of those with high blood pressure saw improvements. 🍇 Over half experienced better mental health. Food-related ill health costs the UK £98 billion per year in health service and economic costs. It WILL BE costing your business (whether you know about it yet or not)! This project proves the impact of reducing financial barriers to healthy eating and I hope we see the government rolling this out across the country. The facilities management workforce would benefit significantly from schemes like this, and something I recommend and encourage clients to explore. Does your company support you with initiatives like this? Are you a company having success in providing fruit and vegetable vouchers or similar schemes? What has been your experience with a scheme like this? This is just one of the many ways employees can be supported to eat well and prioritise their health. If you'd like to dive a little deeper or have a chat about how I can support your business, please drop me a message. You can also find out more about this particular initiative here: https://lnkd.in/eHSxtcT4 🌍💚 #Nutrition #HealthyEating #WorkplaceWellbeing #FoodSecurity #CorporateSocialResponsibility #Obesity #Diseaseprevention #heartdisease #lovegreenhealth
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🌟Redefining Public Health: A Compassionate and Inclusive Approach to Combating Food Insecurity 🌟 Public health, a field with so much potential to improve the lives of entire communities, is simultaneously one of the most fatphobic and shame-based fields. While experts have demonized those experiencing obesity, they have made significant pushes to address food insecurity and diets… for all the wrong reasons. If we start looking at food insecurity as a systemic issue from a weight-inclusive lens, we can identify that there are many more health complications from the circumstances that expand far past the obsession with solving “the obesity epidemic," including developing eating disorders. To change for the better, we need to look through a holistic lens. Here are a few great ways to start so that we can ensure communities access proper nourishment while limiting the harmful, fatphobic ideals that many programs currently push. 🍴Meal Coaching: Instead of saying “organic, healthy foods” (which are extremely stigmatizing), let’s educate communities on how accessible food IS capable of being nourishing. ALL foods have nutritional value, so let’s teach communities how to make nourishing meals with what they have access to. 💸 Financial Education: We want people to be able to eat regularly to maintain homeostasis in their bodies, right? Let us teach people how to meal plan and create a budget that can stretch each pay period AND can fuel their bodies throughout the entire time. 🏛️ Food Regulations: We must shift the focus from personal blame to systemic change. Instead of “stop eating high sugar/salt foods,” we study the additives being manufactured into our food and lobby for regulation on the chemicals and addictive aspects of food in the US? 📚 Clinician Education & Universal Health Care: EVERYONE deserves access to quality care, including access to educated and weight-inclusive professionals. Shaming people for their weight will never solve “obesity,” nor will it ever help solve the issue of food insecurity. Let’s provide education to clinicians re. health at every size AND let’s provide access to registered dietitians for everyone. Let’s teach them that eating disorders are not exclusive to white, affluent communities, and screen for EDs and other health conditions. 🏪Accessible Groceries: Public Health’s big push is to always bring in more “healthy” grocery stores. But what if any grocery store can change lives? We can help prevent price gauging. We can give people the ability to buy those “fresh” options, limit food waste, and ensure proper budgeting by dismantling food deserts and allowing people to go to the store more often. We can provide people with more jobs and resources to access health! If we can look at public health issues that revolve around food from a lens that discounts the communities’ weights, we can focus on nourishing everyone’s bodies and minds. Health seems more accessible now.
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🌟Redefining Public Health: A Compassionate and Inclusive Approach to Combating Food Insecurity 🌟 Public health, a field with so much potential to improve the lives of entire communities, is simultaneously one of the most fatphobic and shame-based fields. While experts have demonized those experiencing obesity, they have made significant pushes to address food insecurity and diets… for all the wrong reasons. If we start looking at food insecurity as a systemic issue from a weight-inclusive lens, we can identify that there are many more health complications from the circumstances that expand far past the obsession with solving “the obesity epidemic," including developing eating disorders. To change for the better, we need to look through a holistic lens. Here are a few great ways to start so that we can ensure communities access proper nourishment while limiting the harmful, fatphobic ideals that many programs currently push. 🍴Meal Coaching: Instead of saying “organic, healthy foods” (which are extremely stigmatizing), let’s educate communities on how accessible food IS capable of being nourishing. ALL foods have nutritional value, so let’s teach communities how to make nourishing meals with what they have access to. 💸 Financial Education: We want people to be able to eat regularly to maintain homeostasis in their bodies, right? Let us teach people how to meal plan and create a budget that can stretch each pay period AND can fuel their bodies throughout the entire time. 🏛️ Food Regulations: We must shift the focus from personal blame to systemic change. Instead of “stop eating high sugar/salt foods,” we study the additives being manufactured into our food and lobby for regulation on the chemicals and addictive aspects of food in the US? 📚 Clinician Education & Universal Health Care: EVERYONE deserves access to quality care, including access to educated and weight-inclusive professionals. Shaming people for their weight will never solve “obesity,” nor will it ever help solve the issue of food insecurity. Let’s provide education to clinicians re. health at every size AND let’s provide access to registered dietitians for everyone. Let’s teach them that eating disorders are not exclusive to white, affluent communities, and screen for EDs and other health conditions. 🏪Accessible Groceries: Public Health’s big push is to always bring in more “healthy” grocery stores. But what if any grocery store can change lives? We can help prevent price gauging. We can give people the ability to buy those “fresh” options, limit food waste, and ensure proper budgeting by dismantling food deserts and allowing people to go to the store more often. We can provide people with more jobs and resources to access health! If we can look at public health issues that revolve around food from a lens that discounts the communities’ weights, we can focus on nourishing everyone’s bodies and minds. Health seems more accessible now.
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12.5% of the US population relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet their daily nutritional needs. With rising food costs and evolving dietary guidelines, it’s crucial that SNAP benefits keep pace with the latest nutrition science and the realities of today’s economy to ensure that every family can afford a healthy diet. The Thrifty Food Plan was a significant step forward, “lifting 2.3 million people out of poverty and reducing child poverty by 8.6%”, but it needs to be regularly updated for inflation and new dietary recommendations. We need your voice to tell Congress to keep modernizing SNAP and protect the Thrifty Food Plan in the next Farm Bill. By ensuring that SNAP benefits reflect the latest in nutrition science and economic conditions, we can help create a more equitable food system that supports the health and well-being of our communities. Join the Alliance in signing Feeding America’s letter to Congress – together, we can ensure that no family has to choose between hunger and health. By Cate Rosa, Alliance Intern from Boston University '26 #takeaction #allianceforsustainability #SHEKindness #sustainability #childhungerawareness #endfoodpoverty #endhunger #feedingamerica #fighthunger #foodassistance #foodinsecure #foodinsecurity #foodinsecurityawareness #foodjustice #foodpoverty #foodinsecurityawareness #healthykids #hungerinamerica #nutrition #nutritionstandards #SNAPBenefits #sustainablefood #zerohunger
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PCCI Blog: PCCI Nutrition Expert Offers Insights Into Dallas' Food Deserts Responding to North Texas Food Bank's report showing Dallas has deep food insecurity issues PCCI's Olayide Adejumobi, a nutrition expert, offers her perspective about how harmful the lack of healthy food can be, as well as what PCCI's data is telling us about how we can support our underserved populations. https://lnkd.in/g2Qipw7n
Cracking the Nutritional Puzzle: A Path Out Of Dallas’ Food Desert
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