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. 2023 Dec 4;36(1):23–32. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001313

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Food as Medicine Pediatric Implementation Continuum. This figure highlights the robustness of the pediatric nutrition safety net with its overlapping and complementary array of programs. In the pediatric setting, various Food as Medicine interventions can be implemented across the age continuum, from the prenatal period into late adolescence (dashed lines). There are opportunities for overlap with more than one FNPs (e.g., WIC and Summer meals) and ideally no gaps in access to FNPs (e.g., between WIC discontinuation and eligibility for School Meals), and if there are gaps, other programs can fill in (such as Summer or CACFP meals). In addition to FNPs, access to MTMs, MTGs, and PRx can offer a supplemental source of nutrition and vital nutrition education. Lastly, ongoing advocacy efforts should prioritize policies and programs that secure greater access FAM interventions and to the pediatric nutrition safety net. CACFP, Child and Adult Care Food Program; MTG, Medically Tailored Groceries; MTM, Medically Tailored Meals; PRx, Produce Prescriptions; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.