OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a "prescription" for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure.
U.S. food banks - the organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger - increasingly are promoting "food as medicine" strategies designed to address, not exacerbate, the high rate of chronic health problems among the poor.
Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banks
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