อนุทิน 173905

Food Prescription

https://scitechdaily.com/a-health-paradigm-shift-prescription-for-free-fruits-and-vegetables-linked-to-better-heart-health/ –patients given $63/mth for local produce; experiment ran for 4-10 mths; reported increase intake of fruits and vegetables by 0.95 cup/day; systolic blood pressure down by 8 mmHg, diastolic BP down by 5 mmHg; blood sugar HbA1C down 0.29-0.58%; BMI down by 0.52 kg/m2 among obese adult, but no change among children; adults 62% more like to report better health, children more than twice likely to report better health; …

The Food is Medicine Initiative , announced in September 2022 by the American Heart Association and The Rockefeller Foundation – at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health – seeks to ensure patients receive medical prescriptions for healthy food to help prevent and manage chronic disease.

[My comment: perhaps this food prescription program is a far far better health and economic program (than 10K digital money give-away) that a government can do. It also addresses poverty and children in the same swoop.]