HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi residents living with high blood pressure and who struggle to afford healthy groceries will be receiving a $100 monthly voucher to buy nutritious produce, thanks to a $2.8 million grant to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
The program is known as a “produce prescription,” and looks to make healthy eating more accessible to vulnerable communities.
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UH researchers will be studying the program to see how nutrition care can help positively impact those living with medical issues.
Three community health centers will be part of the program: Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waimānalo Health Center and Kamakua Kohala Health Center…