How Racial Inequality Fuels Chronic Illness and Malnutrition

How Racial Inequality Fuels Chronic Illness and Malnutrition

Nutritious food is an essential part of managing chronic illness and recovering from injury and disease. Too often, though, nutritious food is seen only as a matter of personal choice – you either eat it or you don’t. The reality is, access to healthy food has as much to do with where you live — and how much money you make — as with what’s in your refrigerator.

Hospitals Use Cutting-Edge Food as Medicine Programs

Hospitals Use Cutting-Edge Food as Medicine Programs

According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 60 percent of patients entering the hospital are malnourished.[1]  These patients have longer inpatients stays and higher health care costs than their well-nourished counterparts. Health care organizations are looking for creative solutions to this problem, and a number of exciting collaborations, pilot programs, and research studies throughout…