A spate of "Food Is Medicine" studies point to benefits of prescribing healthy food to people at risk of metabolic and diet-related diseases. A JAMA Internal Medicine study found a Rx Food program led...

The important new study by Hanna et al1 reports on changes in prenatal care associated with the Rx Kids cash transfer program. The program provides a cash transfer ($1500 during pregnancy and $500 mon...

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On what is living and what is dead in economic policy.

This study uses a microsimulation model to understand broader consequences of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill on health outcomes, health systems, and local economies.

Howie and Harlan are joined by Seth Berkowitz, an internist and health equity expert, who argues that we know how to keep people healthier but are lacking the political will and commitment to do so. H...

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Background: Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are the only type 2 diabetes medications that reduce cardiovascular disease an...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Seth Berkowitz of UNC School of Medicine back to the program to discuss nutrition in the US, the current state of SNAP benefits, and his upcoming paper to be featur...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Seth Berkowitz of the UNC School of Medicine to discuss his recent paper that explores a new approach to help guide research and policy at the ...

Income distribution, food and nutrition insecurity, and poor diet quality contribute to diet-related disease, which is a major threat to population health and health equity. Based on our review and synthesis of the empirical evidence, we provide a new conceptual model for understanding the interrelationships among income, food security, nutrition security, diet quality, and health. We identify directions for future research and discuss the policy and program implications of the model. Overall, interventions that address income and food security can facilitate, but do not ensure, nutrition security and better diet quality, although they can improve health in other ways. Importantly, even people who are food and nutrition secure and have adequate income frequently have unhealthy diets. Addressing these challenges will require innovative policies to improve nutrition security, diet quality, and health. Such policies should include efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of Food Is Medicine interventions in health care. Health insurance coverage for evidence-based, clinically indicated Food Is Medicine programs is critical to the success of these efforts.

Abstract. People need to consume goods and services that support health, such as nutritious food, medical care, and quality housing, throughout their lives

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Merion West is an online magazine for culture and politics.

This study investigates whether the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots program addressing health-related social needs may help improve health for Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Food insecurity is associated with worse mental health. However, food-insecure adults may not access adequate mental health services and instead rely on emergency room visits.