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September 6, 2006
The Power of Nutrition, a white paper completed by the Congressional Hunger Center’s 12th class Emerson Fellow Brigit Adamus in conjunction with ANSA, its member agencies, and its partners across America marks the emerging collaboration of ANSA and the CHC on their Food as Medicine campaign funded by The UPS Foundation.
 Brigit researched the relationship between receipt of nutrition assistance and improved health outcomes for the critically ill. Based on this link, she is investigated and quantified the potential cost-savings of using nutrition services to prevent and postpone disease progression and its financial burden on the U.S. health care system. Download The Power of Nutrition here.
Emerson Fellow Brigit Adamus (right) presents “The Power of Nutrition” at the annual meeting of the Community Food Security Coalition.
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