Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Visit Mom's Meals® to Highlight Food as Medicine Leadership

"This moment recognizes Mom's Meals' leadership locally and nationally, fueled by our dedicated team of over 2,300 employees across 36 states," said Chris Choi, CEO of Mom's Meals. "Together, we prepare and deliver 1.5 million nutritious meals every week – that do not include artificial dyes, or any ingredients commonly found in ultra-processed foods – integrating comprehensive nutritional support, education, and behavioral change to improve health outcomes for Americans."

Today's visit coincided with Governor Stitt's recent signing of "The Food is Medicine Act," a legislation recognizing the vital role of nutrition in managing chronic disease. Published research has shown that people with chronic disease benefit from access to home-delivered medically tailored meals and improved outcomes include fewer hospitalizationsⁱ and meaningful reductions in the total cost of care.ⁱⁱ

"Oklahoma is proud to lead the way in recognizing the critical role nutrition plays in improving health," said Governor Kevin Stitt. "We're seeing firsthand how greater access to nutritious food can help reduce chronic disease and lower health care costs across our state."

"Thank you to Mom's Meals for today's tour of your Oklahoma City facility," said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "You're doing something remarkable — delivering more than 70 million healthy meals each year, all at a cost lower than a Big Mac meal. Healthy, affordable meals like these are key to helping Make America Healthy Again."

For over 26 years, Mom's Meals has been delivering food as medicine for millions of people across the country. Rooted in a family's mission to support its loved ones, Mom's Meals' programs are helping people live heathier lives, better manage chronic conditions, recover from illness and continue to live independently.

"We take great pride in our efforts both here in Oklahoma and throughout communities nationwide, collaborating with local health care and community partners to empower people to live healthier lives through delicious, nutritious food, education, caring support and expertise," said Choi.

About Mom's Meals
Mom's Meals provides the most comprehensive food as medicine solutions nationwide and is setting the standard in the food as medicine space with real-world results. Our nutrition solutions are designed for all ages to bring comfort and inspire confidence in people seeking to live healthier, manage chronic conditions, recover from illness, continue to live independently. Our integrated solutions include medically tailored meals, produce and pantry boxes, oral nutrition supplements and shelf-stable, kosher, and halal meals, backed by nutrition education and counseling. At Mom's Meals, our mission is to improve lives through better nutrition at home through our long-term care, condition management, post-discharge and nutrition insecurity programs. For more information, visit www.momsmeals.com.

ⁱ Nguyen HQ, Duan L, Lee JS, Winn TG, Arakelian A, et al. Association of a Medicare Advantage Posthospitalization Home Meal Delivery Benefit With Rehospitalization and Death. JAMA Health Forum. 2023;4(6):e231678.

ⁱⁱ https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01307

SOURCE Mom's Meals