Nutrition Security Among Medicaid Patients With Diabetes or Prediabetes After Completing a Produce Prescription Program

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Authors

Julia I. Caldwell · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Victòria Ayala · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Fatinah Darwish-Elsherbiny · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Dipa Shah · Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Tony Kuo · University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

This "food as medicine" intervention demonstrated short-term improvements in nutrition security among Medicaid patients with diabetes or prediabetes, suggesting it successfully fulfilled a basic social and disease management need of this population.

Topics & Keywords

Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Nutrition and Health in Aging Obesity and Health Practices

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: The Annals of Family Medicine

Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 10-16

DOI: 10.1370/afm.250088

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