New Haven — Yesika Gonzalez and her boyfriend are loaded with nearly a dozen heavy bags of produce from the farmers’ market in this city’s Fair Haven section. “Corn, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, too ...

Take two of these apples and call me in the morning. A promising new program in New York City has doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables to obese or overweight patients and families to tackle the ...

Can an apple a day really keep the doctor away? As it turns out, there’s more truth than myth to this sage saying. Not only are apples a low calorie food with tons of vitamin C, they also contain ...

Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit founded by chef Michel Nischan, is renowned in social justice circles for its success in bringing healthy food to those who need it most. The organization pioneered the ...

“As much as I’m an advocate for running, you can run all day, but if you have a crappy diet, you will have diabetes,” he says. “Many forms of cancer, dementia, back pain, are all driven by poor ...

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Before attending nutrition education counseling at Horizon House in Wilmington, Natisha Clanton ate fast food almost daily. “I hated vegetables,” she said. Felicia Lewis felt the same way. “I didn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maria Tunon picks up her produce box at Compass Community Health in the north end of Hamilton every other week. (Samantha ...

I was recently asked to talk about Wholesome Wave's new Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program (FVRx) at the Roots of Change Conference in Los Angeles. We partner with Roots of Change and they throw ...

When a 10-year-old at risk of diabetes goes to the Eisner Pediatric and Family Center in Los Angeles this summer, the doctor might hand them a “prescription” for fruit and vegetables, known as an FVRx ...

Less known is that for the last six years, Wholesome Wave has worked quietly on an equally ambitious initiative: getting healthcare providers to write prescriptions for produce, rather than just pills ...