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Voucher program makes healthy eating easier for food-insecure people


Voucher program makes healthy eating easier for food-insecure people
Diane Daniel, American Heart Association News
March 9, 2021
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As soon as Joseph Angelo enrolled in Vouchers 4 Veggies, he started to replace processed foods with fruits and vegetables.
There were times when I d been eating healthier, but I d really fallen into comfort food like cookies, ice cream, anything with a processed sugar high, said Angelo, who has Type 2 diabetes. The nice thing about the vouchers is they re very specific – only for fruits and vegetables and nothing processed.
The San Francisco resident is unemployed and on a tight budget.
It can be easy to rationalize something processed over healthier choices, he said. Like if I m looking at a bag of cookies for $2.50 or apples for $2.50, I might think the cookies are a better value. ....

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