Kroger’s ‘Food As Medicine’ Program Associated With Reduced Cardiovascular Risk

A “food as medicine” purchasing education program launched by Kroger Health, a division of the Kroger grocery chain, helped people reduce their cardiovascular risk factors. The program helped adult Kroger shoppers who had been under the care of a primary care professional for obesity, hypercholesterolemia, or hypertension follow the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Over three months, the participants’ average DASH scores rose by about 8.6 points to 12.4 points over baseline than DASH scores for a control group, which rose by 5.8 points over three months.

The Kroger Health “food as medicine” program provides . . .