Nutrition

When the Prescription Is a Recipe

News Article

Aug 9, 2017

Donna De La Crus for the NEW YORK TIMES

The doctor’s office is moving into the kitchen. After years of telling patients to skip junk food and prepare homemade meals, a growing number of doctors and medical groups are now going a step further and teaching them how to cook.

A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Adults, 2006–2012

From the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:

Research

Jun 22, 2017

Unprecedented descriptive analysis linking HUD administrative data and results from the National Health Interview Survey (pre-Affordable Care Act)

New Community | Oct 25, 2016

This community is a space for Housing Is members interested in the intersections of affordable housing and nutrition. Research shows that many low-income families experience food insecurity and that hungry children perform worse in school. Affordable housing can be a platform to help families access healthy foods and eating habits. The Housing Is initiative stands on the notion that affordable housing is influenced by a variety of systems, and that it is only through cross-sector collaboration that we will build the partnerships that will help improve lives.