Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

Yeah, fruit and vegetable prescriptions, medical education, medically tailored meals, changing quality guidelines, changing reimbursement guidelines. There's a lot to do in health care reform. Research and innovation is crucial.

Yeah, fruit and vegetable prescriptions, medical education, medically tailored meals, changing quality guidelines, changing reimbursement guidelines. There's a lot to do in health care reform. Research and innovation is crucial.

Yeah, fruit and vegetable prescriptions, medical education, medically tailored meals, changing quality guidelines, changing reimbursement guidelines. There's a lot to do in health care reform. Research and innovation is crucial.

Well, so yeah, you're describing medically tailored meals. And what you say is really crucial. About 5% of the population costs about 50% of health care costs. All the patients with really complex chronic diseases, kidney disease, cancer, heart failure, AIDS, a range of really severe diseases.

Well, so yeah, you're describing medically tailored meals. And what you say is really crucial. About 5% of the population costs about 50% of health care costs. All the patients with really complex chronic diseases, kidney disease, cancer, heart failure, AIDS, a range of really severe diseases.

Well, so yeah, you're describing medically tailored meals. And what you say is really crucial. About 5% of the population costs about 50% of health care costs. All the patients with really complex chronic diseases, kidney disease, cancer, heart failure, AIDS, a range of really severe diseases.

And several interventional studies now have shown that if you actually give those people food, give them three meals a day, which costs about $20 a day, it's much, much cheaper. You save money because they don't go to the hospital, they don't get admitted, they don't go to the emergency room. Because of that, things are changing so quickly, Mark.

And several interventional studies now have shown that if you actually give those people food, give them three meals a day, which costs about $20 a day, it's much, much cheaper. You save money because they don't go to the hospital, they don't get admitted, they don't go to the emergency room. Because of that, things are changing so quickly, Mark.

And several interventional studies now have shown that if you actually give those people food, give them three meals a day, which costs about $20 a day, it's much, much cheaper. You save money because they don't go to the hospital, they don't get admitted, they don't go to the emergency room. Because of that, things are changing so quickly, Mark.

Because of that, California has just launched a $6 million pilot to do medically tailored meals in eight counties in California this year. And if it works and they see the same results, they're going to extend it to all of California. So change is coming. Change is a coming. Change is a coming. Yeah. And so, you know, healthcare is a fourth bucket.

Because of that, California has just launched a $6 million pilot to do medically tailored meals in eight counties in California this year. And if it works and they see the same results, they're going to extend it to all of California. So change is coming. Change is a coming. Change is a coming. Yeah. And so, you know, healthcare is a fourth bucket.

Because of that, California has just launched a $6 million pilot to do medically tailored meals in eight counties in California this year. And if it works and they see the same results, they're going to extend it to all of California. So change is coming. Change is a coming. Change is a coming. Yeah. And so, you know, healthcare is a fourth bucket.

Another, a fifth bucket, which I think is crucial for policy is research and innovation. There's a lot we know, but there's so much left to learn. There's so much left to learn about how foods affect our brains, our microbiomes, the differences between different processing methods that we've talked about. I mean, we could go on and on and on.

Another, a fifth bucket, which I think is crucial for policy is research and innovation. There's a lot we know, but there's so much left to learn. There's so much left to learn about how foods affect our brains, our microbiomes, the differences between different processing methods that we've talked about. I mean, we could go on and on and on.

Another, a fifth bucket, which I think is crucial for policy is research and innovation. There's a lot we know, but there's so much left to learn. There's so much left to learn about how foods affect our brains, our microbiomes, the differences between different processing methods that we've talked about. I mean, we could go on and on and on.

Yeah, the numbers are really telling. The federal government itself estimated that all of its nutrition research is about $1.5 billion a year. And that sounds like a lot, but again, all of the country's drug industry research, pharmaceutical research is about $60 billion a year. Advertising on candy in the U.S. is about $5 billion a year compared to $1.5 billion on nutrition research.

Yeah, the numbers are really telling. The federal government itself estimated that all of its nutrition research is about $1.5 billion a year. And that sounds like a lot, but again, all of the country's drug industry research, pharmaceutical research is about $60 billion a year. Advertising on candy in the U.S. is about $5 billion a year compared to $1.5 billion on nutrition research.

Yeah, the numbers are really telling. The federal government itself estimated that all of its nutrition research is about $1.5 billion a year. And that sounds like a lot, but again, all of the country's drug industry research, pharmaceutical research is about $60 billion a year. Advertising on candy in the U.S. is about $5 billion a year compared to $1.5 billion on nutrition research.

So advertising on candy is $5 billion a year, and just purchasing of candy is $50 billion a year in the U.S. And so that $1.5 billion is just nothing compared to what the true issue is going on.

So advertising on candy is $5 billion a year, and just purchasing of candy is $50 billion a year in the U.S. And so that $1.5 billion is just nothing compared to what the true issue is going on.