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Seth Berkowitz<\/a><\/strong>, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, co-authored a British Medical Journal<\/a> <\/strong>analysis suggesting nutritional interventions delivered through health providers are associated with improved health outcomes.<\/p>\n

The analysis argues for increased implementation of \u201cfood is medicine\u201d interventions in the health care system because food insecurity is known to be a health equity issue that disproportionately affects racial\/ethnic minorities and those with lower incomes and rural communities. Thus, food insecurity is now playing a big role in the COVID-19 pandemic and associated health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Learn more from the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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