Using food-as-medicine not only addresses food insecurity in these communities by providing patients and their families with a significant quantity of healthy, reliable food; it can also demonstrate how positive clinical impacts may help patients live healthier lives.
Providing increased awareness without judgement for these patients helps to strengthen a collaborative, community approach and serves as a catalyst to help patients better recognize the correlation between diet and health. This extensive education also includes grocery store tours, cooking demonstrations and group-based peer learning to help patients learn more about the impact of food on their diet responsive conditions.
Providing increased awareness without judgement for these patients helps to strengthen a collaborative, community approach and serves as a catalyst to help patients better recognize the correlation between diet and health. This extensive education also includes grocery store tours, cooking demonstrations and group-based peer learning to help patients learn more about the impact of food on their diet responsive conditions.