Food is Medicine: The Effectiveness of Delaware's Feeding Families Program in Managing Chronic Conditions.
The Feeding Families program demonstrates the potential of integrating tailored nutrition, behavioral support, and healthcare services to manage chronic conditions through 'Food Is Medicine' best practices, and its impact on BMI, salt, sugar and fat reduction among other benefits. Delaware should prioritize FIM, including establishing Medicaid waivers for funding.
Authors
- Ralph C. Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-3763)
- E. J. Holman
- Megan Werner
- Allison Karpyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-5101)
- Mia Seibold
- Tara Tracy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9374-584X)
- Nicole Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9357-6755)
- John Oluwadero
- L Román García de León
- Samuel VanHorne
- Megan Falgowski
- Maggie Norris-Bent
- Heather Patosky
Institutions
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.32481/djph.2025.04.04
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00