ULM receives $2.26 million to launch Food Is Medicine program
The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) has received $2.26 million from the Ouachita Parish Police Jury (OPPJ) to launch the Food Is Medicine program. The mission of the program is to transform the health outcomes and economic landscape of Northeast Louisiana (NELA) by integrating clinically prescribed nutrition with professional medical care to prevent and treat diet-related chronic illness. The NELA region currently faces some of the highest national rates of chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. The funds from the OPPJ were designated from the American Response Plan Act (ARPA).