Food as Medicine Program Support
Open Source Wellness partners with "Food as Medicine" programs to amplify the effect of food interventions with coaching, nutrition education, and behavioral support.
The clinical evidence is clear that a combination of healthy food, movement, social connection and stress reduction can have a significant positive impact on chronic health conditions including diabetes, heart disease, and depression.
A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University showed that Open Source Wellness' health coaching services doubled participants intake of fruits and vegetables, weekly exercise and reduction of depressive symptoms compared with food delivery alone.
Unlike many nutrition education programs that tend to be didactic, content-based and focused only on nutrition, OSW programming centers human connection as a core element of the healing journey and brings a “whole-person” approach to each interaction.
Open Source Wellness has built a robust health and nutrition education curriculum, which includes culturally relevant nutrition education topics, as well as holistic practices for health such as stress reduction, movement and health-related goal setting.
The curriculum is tailored to the needs of each program and adapted to the culture, languages, ages, racial/ethnic backgrounds, social and environmental challenges and interests/challenges/curiosities of participants.
In Alameda County, Open Source Wellness partners with Recipe4Health, a collaborative, multi-sector initiative that addresses food security and nutrition-sensitive chronic conditions while improving climate health through regenerative and organic farming, providing job training for formerly incarcerated individuals and elevating BIPOC-led organizations.
Each community is different. So why would your nutrition education and health coaching be the same as everyone else's? Start a conversation with our team to explore how we can tailor our services to your program and community members.
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