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Many Americans face “hunger crisis” as food insecurity rises

by heytaJun 01, 2023

Anti-hunger advocates say the US is facing an “unprecedented” rise in food insecurity amid persistently high inflation in the grocery aisle and cuts to the food-stamp program earlier this year.

The rise in food insecurity — lacking enough food to live a healthy, active life — comes as the nation has ended the pandemic emergency and the economy, by many measures, continues to be strong. The unemployment rate is near a 50-year low, while wages have been rising for many workers.

But those figures hide a stark reality that’s affecting a growing share of US households, ranging from young families

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

by heytaJan 24, 2023

Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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On healthy eating, we’re still set up to fail

by heytaJan 22, 2023

In case you missed it, there’s been a cake-related furore in the news this week. Professor Susan Jebb, chair of the Food Standards Agency and professor of diet and population health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, infuriated office workers across the country when she said in The Times that if people didn’t bring cakes into the office, she wouldn’t eat them.

“Horrendous Nanny Statist”, the Institute of Economic Affairs labeled her. Twitter users called her untrustworthy, accused her of having impulse control issues and posted taunting pictures of their cakes (“Prof

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The study indicated that thin influencers did not motivate healthy food choices among tweens

by heytaJan 21, 2023

Can tweens’ eating habits be affected by messaging from influencers? A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that a thin influencer does not affect food choices in children between 11 and 13, while an overweight influencer may be able to.

Tweens, teens, and young adults are subject to a lot of promotion from influencers and brands. In this technology-driven age, influencer marketing is a huge industry, with influencers advertising clothes, food, makeup and more. This can have a profound effect on people, especially individuals who are young and impressive. With nutrition being such an important part of developing a

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Man to eat nothing but Taco Bell for 30 days to prove it’s healthy

by heytaJan 09, 2023

A Virginia man said he was going to eat nothing but Taco Bell for 30 days in an attempt to prove that someone can eat a healthy diet eating nothing but fast food.

Sam Reid told WDBJ-TV that he was motivated by a news articles that claimed Taco Bell is one of the healthiest fast food restaurants.

He said he would eat three meals a day at Taco Bell, and would consume each menu item at least once.

“My hypothesis is that healthy fast food can actually help you become healthier,” he told WDBJ.

He intends to have checkups with

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