Hospitals Now Prescribing Healthy Food To Deal With Causes Of Diabetes, Other Illnesses

In a nearly 1,400-word piece, the Washington Post (5/17, Nirappil) reported that local governments and hospitals throughout the nation “have been writing and filling prescriptions for healthy food in an attempt to address the root causes of diabetes, hypertension and other costly illnesses.” Included in the federal farm bill that was enacted last year was “more than $4 million in grants for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute to governments that run prescription produce programs, but the money has not yet been distributed.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/food-as-medicine-doctors-are-prescribing-broccoli-alongside-beta-blockers/2019/05/17/45cec832-70e0-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.902b424b5ffb