The Project Angel Food Client Services team is normally servicing our 3,000 clients with intakes, community partnerships and more! Recently, they rolled up their sleeves and volunteered in our kitchen helping make thousands of meals. What a fun day! (fb)

America is sick — it's costing us billions — it’s undisputed. Chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, and kidney failure dominate our nation’s health expenditures and degrade quality of life for tens of millions of our relatives and neighbors. But there is one policy change proposal that would significantly improve our health and it is both politically popular and fiscally feasible. We should incorporate Food Is Medicine (FIM) treatments into healthcare for those who need them. Now is the time to invest more deeply in the gains we have already made across the country. In recent weeks, two landmark studies have reshaped our understanding of how nutrition interventions — like medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries and produce prescriptions — delivered through Medicaid, can dramatically impact healthcare outcomes for the better, and quickly. This article was by Food is Medicine Coalition Executive Director Alissa Wassung and leader of National Produce Prescription Collaborative Brent Ling. Read the full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/food-medicine-cost-effective-prescription-help-make-america-ling-cgm5e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via (fb)