02/02/26
This focus distinguishes FIM from federal nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which promotes population-level food security for low-income households. Given the importance of nutrition in disease management, it is crucial to support FIM innovations within Medicaid, which has emerged as a major pathway for FIM in the US. We argue that there are 2 mistaken perspectives threatening these FIM programs: (1) the underrecognition of nutrition as a core, biological component of clinical care and (2) the view of clinical FIM interventions and federal food assistance programs as substitutes for each other, rather than complementary strategies to advance health…..
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