Second Harvest of Silicon Valley has won a $425,000 grant to help doctors screen up to 1,000 people over the next three years for food insecurity, ultimately connecting them with food distribution ...

Healthcare providers can now leverage a suite of digital tools from Instacart that are designed to enhance collaborative care, promote healthy choices and deliver nutritious food to patients and their ...

The food as medicine movement has been picking up steam, with the White House gathering $8 billion in commitments for food programs, payers launching medically-tailored meal pilots and startups ...

Your health is directly influenced by the food choices you make. Unfortunately, the typical American diet often lacks the nutrients needed to promote long-term health and wellness. The concept of ...

Jul. 26—FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) — The Kentucky Department of Agriculture recently announced it is joining forces with the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) to develop a "Food is Medicine" campaign, ...

Incorporating targeted food and nutrition strategies into healthcare on a national level will improve health and quality of life, reduce work for hospitals, and cut healthcare costs, according to ...

The idea that food is medicine has been around for centuries, even if there’s doubt about its origin story. (The Greek physician Hippocrates, the “father” of Western medicine, allegedly wrote, “Let ...

About 27% of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans are food insecure, according to research from Cambridge University Press. The prevalence of diabetes is about 5% higher among U.S. veterans compared to ...

The end of COVID-era food and nutrition benefits is bringing an ebb to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 32 states as of March 1. With a quickly approaching cliff and 18 states ...

Elevance Health is integrating its food as medicine program for Medicaid members in community health centers, the insurer announced Monday. In partnership with the National Association of Community ...

Food-based interventions aimed at improving health—collectively referred to as Food Is Medicine (FIM)—are increasingly recognized within the health care system as an essential approach to preventing ...