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Last week, Health Affairs released their new theme issue with a focus on food, nutrition, and health.

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Today's Featured Articles

An Urban Farm–Anchored Produce Prescription Program’s Impacts On Weight Reduction

Kaitlyn M. Fruin et al.

Check out a video abstract featuring authors Ketaurah James and Wayne M. Detmer

North Carolina’s FarmsSHARE: Farmers, Food Hubs, And Community-Based Organizations Sustain Healthy Food Programs

Amanda Hege et al.

History Repeats? Faced With Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support For Older Adults And Disabled People

Jessica Schubel et al.

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Medicare Advantage And Supplemental Long-Term Services And Supports: A Small Step In The Right Direction

Amber Christ and Alison Barkoff

part of our Supplemental Benefits In Medicare Advantage series

Administration Lays Out Drug Pricing Plan Through Executive Order

Rachel Sachs

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

More from our Supplemental Benefits In Medicare Advantage series

The End Of The MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model: What Next?

Riya Doshi and A. Mark Fendrick (February 2025)

Centering Beneficiaries’ Perspectives Amidst Change In The Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Environment

Claire B. Cruse et al. (December 2024)

Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits: Origins, Evolution, And Issues For Policy Making

Eric T. Roberts et al. (September 2024)

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Food, Nutrition, & Health: A Different Type of Hunger w/ Heather Thomas

In the final episode of our special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and health, Jessica Bylander and Ellen Bayer speak with author Heather Thomas about her Narrative Matters essay from our April theme issue.

Food, Nutrition, & Health, A Conversation with Marion Nestle

Join Health Affairs April 29 for a special lunch and learn virtual event featuring a conversation between consumer advocate, nutritionist, and award-winning author Marion Nestle of New York University and Angela Odoms-Young of Cornell University.

The two will discuss the evolution of US food and nutrition policy, the current policy landscape, and thoughts on what lies ahead.

This event is free and open for all to attend.