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    Not Just An Apple A Day: California Doctors Start Prescribing Medically Tailored Meals

    Jul 13, 2018 4 minutes
    Prescribing food as medicine is part of a growing trend to help low-income people get access to healthier foods. (silviarita/Pixabay)

    In California, doctors are prescribing food as medicine to treat low-income patients with congestive heart failure. The program delivers medically tailored meals to 1,000 patients in eight counties across the state.

    Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Sheri Weiser, associate professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, about California’s three-year pilot program, which is the first of its kind in the country.

    “Anyone discharged with congestive heart failure has to adhere to a very strict diet. They have to eat very low sodium, which is a tall order for people even with resources,” Weiser says. “And on top of

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