Could prescriptions for fruit and veg instead of pills help prevent diet-related disease? – hortidaily.com

The first wide-ranging study to look at whether healthy food prescriptions lead to better diets and healthier patients suggests there could be some truth to the saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University reviewed 13 healthy food prescription programs that either subsidized, or directly provided healthy foods like fruit and vegetables as a form of medical treatment….

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