6/05/2024 –
Food-is-medicine programs are popular, but health plans need to overcome challenges related to scalability and ROI to generate sustainable positive outcomes.
 – About 44.2 million people lived in food-insecure households in 2022, according to the latest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). And that figure seems to be part of an upward trend in food insecurity across the US.
Food access and security significantly impact health and well-being, with many illnesses directly related to a person’s diet. The social determinant of health also carries a hefty price tag, with obesity alone costing the health system $173 billion annually.
It is no surprise that more health plans and employers offer food-as-medicine programs to address prevalent social determinants of health and reverse the rising rate of diet-related chronic diseases…
