St. John's Well Child and Family Center offers patients and staff a weekly produce stand at two of its sites in an area where rates of chronic disease are high and fresh food is hard to find.
Half of physician Mimi Choi's pediatric patients are overweight or obese. She instructs them to eat more fruits and vegetables.
Now she can go one step further — refer them to a discounted produce stand steps away from the South Los Angeles health center where she works.
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