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Essential: A Food is Medicine podcast centers the lived experiences of clients, caregivers, clinicians, and frontline staff to explore the foundations of the modern food is medicine movement. Through human-first storytelling, the series illustrates why medically tailored meals (MTMs) and nutrition interventions are not a “nice to have,” but services evolved over decades to become essential, foundational components of healthcare. This series, hosted by Alissa Wassung, executive director of the Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), highlights leaders across various aspects of food is medicine services, amplifying fieldwide experts innovating in FIM service.
Update frequency:
bimonthly
Average audio length:
15 minutes
English
United States
3 episodes
since June 1, 2026
episodic
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If food is medicine, how do we make it part of healthcare? In this episode of Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast, host Alissa Wassung sits down with Dorella Walters of God's Love We Deliver in New York, an accredited medically tailored meal provider, to explore how community-based organizat…
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What does the research really tell us about the connection between nutrition and health? In the first episode of Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast, host Alissa Wassung from the Food is Medicine Coalition sits down with researcher Dr. Kurt Hager to explore the growing evidence behind Food is Med…
Food is Medicine services are not a "nice to have," but essential components of healthcare. Our new podcast, Essential: A Food is Medicine Podcast, explains why.
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