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第21~25 題為一題組After a few more years of abortive attempts to treat Shicowich’s diabetes, doctor recommended that he try a new programdesigned to help patients like him. 21 Each week, Schicowich, who lives below the federal poverty line andfood-insecure, picks up recipes and free groceries from the Farmacy’s food bank and has his nutrition questions answered andblood sugar monitored by the dietitians and health care managers assigned to the Farmacy.Geisinger’s program is one of a number of ground-breaking efforts that finally consider food a critical part of a patient’smedical care and treat food as medicine that can have as much power to heal as drugs. 22 Food is becoming a particularfocus of doctors, hospitals, insurers and even employers who are frustrated by the slow progress drug treatments in reducingfood-related diseases like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and even cancer. They’re also encouraged by the growingbody of research that supports the idea that when people eat well, they stay healthier and are more likely to control chronicdiseases and perhaps even avoid them altogether.23 For some, healthy foods simply aren’t available. And if they are, they aren’t affordable. So more hospitals andphysicians are taking action to break down these barriers to improve their patients’ health. 24 The Cleveland Clinicsponsors farmers’ markets where local growers accept food assistance vouchers from federal programs like WIC as well asstate-led initiatives. But doctors alone can’t accomplish this food transformation. 25 In February, Blue Cross Blue Shieldof Massachusetts began covering tailored meals from the nonprofit food program Community Servings for its members withcongestive heart failure who can’t afford the low-fat, low-sodium meals they need. Congress also assigned a first everbipartisan Food Is Medicine working group to explore how government-sponsored food programs could lower burgeoninghealth care costs when it comes to complications of chronic diseases.(AB)The idea of food as medicine will never completely subrogate overused drugs.(AC) Recognizing that healthier members not only live longer but also avoid expensive visits to the emergency room, insurers arestarting to reward healthy eating by covering sessions with nutritionists and dietitians.(AD) Launched in 2017 by the Geisinger Health System at one of its community hospitals, the Fresh Food Farmacy offers healthyfoods—heavy on fruits, vegetables, lean meats and low-sodium options—to patients in Pennsylvania and teaches them howto incorporate those foods into their daily diet.(AE)In cities where fresh produce is harder to access, hospitals have worked with local grocers to provide discounts on fruits andvegetables when patients provide a “prescription” written by their doctors.(BC) More studies are revealing that people’s health is the sum of much more than the medications they take and the tests theyget; it is affected by how much people sleep and exercise, how much stress they’re shouldering and, yes, what they areeating at every meal.(BD) The problem, however, is that eating healthy isn’t as easy as popping a pill.
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