Patients Learn Benefits of Good Nutrition in DC-Area Program

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Food is medicine. That’s what dozens of low-income patients discover through the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program. When they visit one of the four participating health care centers in the Washington area, they receive more than a medical checkup. They get nutrition information, participate in cooking lessons, and do some exercising. VOA's Faith Lapidus narrates.