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Food-as-medicine programs are coming to 3 schools successful Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) this year, acknowledgment to a concern betwixt Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, iHeartMedia and nonprofit Common Threads.
The programs’ program volition absorption connected educating students and parents astir affordable steadfast ingredients, reducing sweetener intake and more. There volition besides beryllium nutrient organisation events and hands-on learning opportunities, specified arsenic cooking demonstrations, hosted passim the year.
“It’s not capable to conscionable administer nutritious food, we privation to marque definite students and their families are equipped with the skills to marque steadfast meals and empowered to marque informed nutrient decisions that yet tin amended their carnal and intelligence wellness outcomes,” said Kevin LeGrett, president of iHeartMedia Sports, successful a statement.
Anthem Blue Cross and its partners kicked disconnected the programs’ motorboat with a nutrient organisation lawsuit astatine 1 of the participating schools, during which 250 families were fixed bags of caller nutrient and groceries.
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