We were glad to see this article in The Blade (In Toledo, hunger is a health issue) describing ProMedica’s efforts to address hunger issues—“food insecurity”—in Ohio. Although plenty of effort is correctly devoted to obesity in America, hunger and malnutrition are pervasive problems that profoundly affect health. In particular, the incidence of hunger among the elderly is on the rise. This issue is a long-standing concern at Fresh Advantage.
Imagine our delight when we spotted the cover of the September 2012 issue of Science magazine!
Food as the center of disease prevention is the primary focus of Fresh Advantage, and seeing our field highlighted by a respected magazine is exciting and encouraging.
Fresh Advantage™ salutes Dr. Andrew Bremer, a pediatric endocrinologist and Professor Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for standing up to MacDonald’s at its recent shareholder meeting and elucidating the link between fast food and the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes among children in the U.S.
In the September, 2011 “Food Issue” of THE NATION, Michael Pollan opined that our country’s industrial food system would not change until the health care sector (health professionals and institutions with which they are affiliated) and the health insurance industry became advocates for change—and politically active. Well, physicians are becoming active now in the private sector arena through the “Value the Meal” campaign underway by Corporate Accountability International.Read More
The Fresh Advantage® team recommends these books for your individual patients or clients who are learning how to put “we are what we eat” into practice.
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Want to learn more about the type of work Fresh Advantage does? Read this article to get a peek into a plan that was put together for addressing food insecurity at an urban Community Mental Health Center.
Am very proud of the work that Alana Davidson, who worked with me as summer intern three years ago, is doing at UNH re food insecurity on campus. www.unionleader.com/education/Rent-tuition-come-before-food-for-some-UNH-students-12282016
Even before taking office, the Vice President elect is taking action to curtail the programs that help people, mostly low income and people of color.
South Dakota governor rejects Medicaid expansion
Modern Healthcare21 Nov 2016—Virgil Dickson
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard chose to abandon plans to
seek Medicaid expansion after meeting with Vice President-elect Mike Pence. Daugaard, a Republican who had been supportive of expanding Medicaid eligibility in his state, last week said he would not recommend expansion to the state’s Legislature this year after hearing the incoming administration’s plans for repealing or reforming the ACA.
Brian Blase, senior research fellow at the conservative Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia, believes Daugaard was told that consistent with campaign promises, Congress will repeal the federal match for the expansion population.
The Affordable Care Act provides 100% financing for Medicaid expansion. The rate would fall to 90% by 2020 and beyond. But the GOP now controls both houses of Congress, and while President-elect Donald Trump has stepped back from a full repeal of the ACA, Republican congressional leaders continue to talk about major changes to the ACA.