Hospital’s Fresh Food Pharmacy program prescribes food instead of pills
Many health care providers nationwide are prescribing food instead of medicine to tackle the obesity epidemic. Doctors in more than a dozen states are moving away from recommending surgery or pills, and participating in programs that offer healthy food to patients struggling with medical issues related to their weight. One hospital in central Pennsylvania is taking the effort even further, reports CBS News’ Jan Crawford. At Geisinger Hospital in central Pennsylvania, food deliveries turn medical professionals into temporary grocers. It’s all part of a new Fresh Food Pharmacy, now open in the heart of coal country, where shuttered mines have contributed to high unemployment and rising poverty, which has made healthy eating a low priority. The program was created by Dr. Andrea Feinberg, Geisinger’s medical director for 바카라사이트 health and wellness. “We have a higher incidence of obesity, a higher incidence of diabetes and food insecurity,” Feinberg said. According to Feinberg, the program is offering people hope and a “new way to look at diabetes.” “There are pockets of communities around the United States where the word has not gotten out that food is really medicine,” she explained. The pilot program, which started just nine months ago, currently serves more than 60 patients and their families, providing healthy food free of charge to more than 200 people each week along with nutrition classes and cooking advice. But making...
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