Food As Medicine
May 22, 2025
Dr. Kofi Essel, community pediatrician and Elevance Health’s Food as Medicine Director, joins Brent to discuss how nutrition is becoming a central lever in both preventing and treating chronic disease. With millions of Americans living with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, Dr. Essel explains how Elevance is building interventions that help members access high-quality food and nutrition education. The episode explores how food insecurity drives poor health outcomes across all communities—and how redefining food as a clinical tool can drive equity and cost savings. A powerful look at medicine that starts at the dinner table.
