‘Food as Medicine': LAUSD Teams Up With Groups to Combat Food Insecurity - NBC Southern California

LAUSD is teaming up with assemblage groups and section businesses to thatch students astir the value of nutrition.

The caller “Food arsenic Medicine” programme is portion of a multi-year concern betwixt Anthem Blue Cross, I-Heart media, Food Forward, Common Threads, Chicas Verdes, and the L.A. Sparks to combat nutrient insecurity and amended wellness successful marginalized communities.    

The programme has been introduced successful 4 states including California, Indianapolis, Georgia, and New York. 

Tuesday students astatine Manual Arts High School successful South Los Angeles received donated bags of caller nutrient and learned however to navigator steadfast meals for their families.  

Some of the teens accidental their neighborhoods are afloat of accelerated nutrient restaurants and debased prime nutrient has led to unwellness successful their families.

“My grandpa is having wellness issues due to the fact that helium doesn’t person a bully diet," said 16-year-old Australia Pastor.

“One of my household members besides has diabetes and had to get a amended diet…. but it’s hard to find healthier foods with the places we unrecorded in," Kaylin Martinez added.

“We are thrilled to proceed moving with our assemblage partners to code health-related societal needs and beforehand wellness equity done entree to nutritious foods present successful Los Angeles. We cognize that lowering barriers and making it easier for individuals to entree mundane items, similar nutritious food, are immoderate of the champion ways to assistance radical unrecorded healthier. We are doing that present contiguous by helping physique hands-on nutrition cognition  for students and families, which volition assistance unfastened paths towards wellness equity for aboriginal generations," Dr. David Pryor, Regional Vice President and Medical Director astatine Anthem Blue Cross said.

Pastor and Martinez accidental they’re amazed astatine however tasty the steadfast recipes are and they look guardant to trying them astatine home.