North Texas community supports Veteran food pantry
(Source – news.va.gov) Bitterly cold temperatures didn’t slow the procession of Veteran vehicles lining up at Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans
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Food Insecurity
LA VA Food Security Committee helps Veterans access healthy food
(Source – news.va.gov) Greater Los Angeles VA established a multi-disciplinary Food Security Committee in October 2023 to help generate a
Read MoreDoes food as medicine help patients with diabetes? Here’s what a new clinical trial says
(By Marcella Alsan, John Cawley, and Joseph Doyle for STAT) Food-as-medicine programs that address food insecurity and diet-related chronic diseases
Read MoreHow Elevance Health plans to integrate ‘food as medicine’ across its lines of business
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) In June, Elevance Health named Kofi Essel, MD, as its first food as
Read MoreHow VA helps Veterans with food security and housing
(Source – news.va.gov) No one should worry about whether they will have food on their plate or a roof over
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans offering food and produce benefits
In the upcoming plan year, 1,475 Medicare Advantage plans will offer food and produce benefits to their low-income enrollees. In
Read MoreTexas Mobile Vet Center assists with food distribution
(Source – news.va.gov) The Texas heat couldn’t stop the San Antonio Vet Center outreach specialists from joining Soldiers’ Angels volunteers
Read MoreLearn how to reduce or prevent your risk of malnutrition
(Source – news.va.gov) Malnutrition is a serious condition in which the body does not receive the nutrients it needs to
Read MoreVA and Rockefeller Foundation collaborate to expand access to food for Veterans
(Source – news.va.gov) VA and The Rockefeller Foundation are working together to expand Food is Medicine initiatives within VA health
Read MoreSouth Texas VA ambitious food insecurity program
(Source – news.va.gov) Air Force and Marine Corps Veteran Joseph McDonald was hungry, and he described the thoughts that came
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