Two hospitals in NYC to prescribe fruits & vegetables.

sajeffe
sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
edited January 30 in Food and Nutrition
I hope this succeeds and a form of this program catches on everywhere along with reasonable access. (Access to fresh fruits and vegetables is sometimes a problem for the poor, too.)

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/07/24/2348191/new-york-hospitals-launch-obesity-fighting-experiment-to-prescribe-patients-fruits-and-veggies/

What do you think?

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  • jhandur
    jhandur Posts: 19 Member
    Hopefully they will also educate the applicants as to what kinds of produce will last a while in their fridge verses produce they need to prepare in a few days. I'm sure it would be discouraging to finally get good food that you otherwise couldn't afford and have it go to waste.
  • g0tr00t
    g0tr00t Posts: 192 Member
    Great idea. Hopefully it catches on.
  • sajeffe
    sajeffe Posts: 850 Member
    Hopefully they will also educate the applicants as to what kinds of produce will last a while in their fridge verses produce they need to prepare in a few days. I'm sure it would be discouraging to finally get good food that you otherwise couldn't afford and have it go to waste.

    Good point. Hopefully that kind of valuable info is included in the nutrition counseling.
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