5/09/2024 –
The center aims to treat dietary diseases and improve food and nutrition insecurity, the healthcare provider said.
The healthcare industry has its own popular food trend: produce prescriptions.
Kaiser Permanente launched its Food Is Medicine Center for Excellence on April 11, an effort by the nonprofit healthcare provider to expand food and nutrition interventions within patient care.
The initiative will centralize Kaiser Permanente’s existing food-based programs, which aim to address “food and nutrition insecurity and the many diet-related, chronic diseases” that affect Kaiser Permanente’s patients, according to a press release. These services include medically tailored meals, produce prescriptions, nutritional counseling, and other efforts to address diet-related diseases…
