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Patients Learn Benefits of Good Nutrition in DC-Area Program

Food is medicine. That’s what dozens of low-income patients in the Washington area discover through DC Greens' Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program. When they visit one of the four participating health care centers, they receive more than medical checkups. They get nutrition information, participate in cooking lessons and do some exercising. And they‘re given prescriptions — not for medication, but for free produce. The weekly program provides patients with what they usually...


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