New York city’s public hospital system is joining the “food as medicine” movement, offering “prescriptions” for free boxes of fresh produce — tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, peaches, bok choy, and fennel — delivered to patients’ homes each month for six months.
More than 500 patients have enrolled in the Lifestyle Medicine Program’s produce box initiative since its August start.
The program focuses on food, as well as other social determinants of health like exercise…