National Nutrition Month, celebrated every year in March, is a nationwide information and nutritional education campaign encouraging people to make informed and healthy lifestyle and dietary choices. The 2024 National Nutrition Month theme, “Beyond the Table,” examines food production, farm-to-table, and resources, and Black dietitians are particularly digging into further causes of disparities in healthy nutrition.
With Black women leading at disproportionate rates for various chronic illnesses, healthy lifestyle practitioners are using nutritional education and empowerment as a means of improving overall wellness and combating racial and gender health disparities.
Across the United States, people are suffering from a multitude…
New Healthy Food Center opens at Allegheny Valley Hospital
New Healthy Food Center opens at Allegheny Valley Hospital
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new food pharmacy is now up and running in the Allegheny Health Network.
The Healthy Food Center at Allegheny Valley Hospital is the sixth one to open.
Patients who live in food deserts or lack access to healthy food can receive nutritious and fresh food items at no cost. They can also learn about disease-specific diets.
Organizers say food is medicine, and part of providing complete healthcare to patients is making sure they have the right foods…