cover image: Healthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care - November 2023

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Healthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care - November 2023

9 Feb 2024

As a follow-up to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Biden administration should issue an executive order calling on agencies (e.g., the Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, etc.) to educate their health care provider workforce on nutrition science, and to screen for nutrition security a. [...] The Bureau of Health Workforce, the Bureau of Primary Health Care, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau all support grants to schools and education centers. [...] As a follow-up to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Biden administration should issue an executive order calling on agencies (e.g., the Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, etc.) to educate their health care provider workforce on nutrition science, and to screen for nutrition security a. [...] In the national strategy, the administration called on the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U. [...] Clinical providers and community health professionals recognize needs and opportunities for collaboration and integration of clinical care and community systems to prevent and mitigate obesity; providers collaborate with other providers and community systems to improve patient and population outcomes; professionals collaborate with community organizations to advocate for nutrition and physical act.
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