Move over meds: Are healthy food scripts the future of chronic care?
'I'd much rather prescribe a cucumber over a pharmaceutical any day,' says primary care doctor
Prescriptions for healthy food could lower the prevalence of chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and cut their associated healthcare costs, a study suggests.
The US research used computer models to calculate the impact of scripts for healthy food that came with a 30% discount for purchasing the food stuffs.