food as medicine

Booker highlights food-as-medicine programs as farm bill priority

Booker highlights food-as-medicine programs as farm bill priority

A hearing Tuesday before a Senate agriculture subcommittee illustrated a bipartisan priority to incorporate the concept of “food as medicine” into the upcoming farm bill. Witnesses who testified at the hearing said that programs that recognize the role nutrition can play in medical treatment and prevention can transform the health of individuals and families receiving …

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Is the Western Diet Killing Us Slowly?  Join us for a chat with Dr. Charles Platkin

Is the Western Diet Killing Us Slowly? Join us for a chat with Dr. Charles Platkin

“Conditions related to obesity, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer – they’re really diet related…and they have a lot of impact,” said Dr. Charles Platkin, founder and executive director of the Center for Food As Medicine and distinguished lecturer at the Hunger College NYC Food Policy Center. ​ “One in three …

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Is the Western Diet Killing Us Slowly?  Join us for a chat with Dr. Charles Platkin

Is the Western Diet Killing Us Slowly? Join us for a chat with Dr. Charles Platkin

“Conditions related to obesity, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer – they’re really diet-related…and they have a lot of impact. One in three adults [in the US] are overweight, more than two out of five adults suffer from obesity, about one out of 11 adults suffers from severe obesity”,and it’s likely …

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