Food as medicine: How New York is treating chronic health conditions with medically tailored meals

07/10/2025- 

At a lower west side commercial kitchen nestled underneath rooftop greenery, about 70 meal prep volunteers, dressed in white aprons and clear bouffant caps, move in a tireless flow, ladling soup into plastic containers as chefs oversee massive steam kettles bubbling with broths for the punctual production of medically tailored meals to be delivered across New York City’s five boroughs.These helpers are from God’s Love We Deliver, a nonprofit that pioneered the use of food as a health intervention during the AIDS crisis. At a time when traditional health services often overlooked nutrition, they stepped in to provide medically tailored meals — designed by registered dietitians — for HIV patients who were too weak or bedridden to cook for themselves…..

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