1/31/25 –
Nearly everyone knows what you eat is vital to your overall health, but increasingly fewer people can afford nutritious food.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 13.5% of Americans were food insecure in 2023, which was one million more people than the year prior.
A unique partnership between healthcare providers and Food Bank of The Rockies seeks to address both challenges, prescribing weekly deliveries of fresh produce and healthy foods to locals with certain health conditions.
“Adults experiencing food insecurity are two to three times more likely to have diabetes; older adults with food insecurity are 57% more likely to have congestive heart failure,” Food Bank of the Rockies Western Slope Director Sue Ellen Rodwick said.
