PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Indiana food program reduces hospitalizations and hunger

A new Feeding America report highlights an Indianapolis partnership that found providing healthy food to patients can improve medical outcomes while lowering overall costs.

The report focuses in part on a partnership between Gleaners Food Bank and Eskenazi Health. More than 5,000 patients received nutritious food and support after screening positive for food insecurity.

The screening process asks people whether they worry about running out of food or whether they have money to buy more…

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