WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, and Dr. Mark Hyman, Chairman of Food Fix Campaign and 15x New York Times Best-Selling Author, penned an op-ed in The Hill calling for investments in healthier, nutritious foods as a “workable, practical [way] to truly ‘Make America Healthy Again.’”
“We need to start investing in nutrition as medicine,” write Buchanan and Dr. Hyman. “The evidence is clear: in one study, 60 percent of Type 2 diabetes patients reversed their condition within a year by following a nutrition-focused approach. It’s undeniable: better food leads to better health, lower costs and longer, healthier and happier lives.”
In addition to being the Vice Chairman and most senior Republican on the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Buchanan is the Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, which has broad jurisdiction over traditional Medicare, the Medicare prescription drug benefit program and Medicare Advantage. Buchanan is also Founder and Co-Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Preventive Health and Wellness Caucus, with a key focus on Food as Medicine, as well as a founding member of the Make America Healthy Again Caucus.
Last year, Buchanan led and Dr. Hyman testified at a U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Investing in a Healthier America” and the critical role preventive medicine and healthy living play in combatting chronic disease and the growing obesity epidemic.
You can read the full op-ed here.
