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Giving food pantry clients choices – and gently nudging them toward nutritious foods – can lead to healthier diets

  • Written by Caitlin Caspi, Associate Professor of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
Giving food pantry clients choices – and gently nudging them toward nutritious foods – can lead to healthier dietsProminently placing fresh produce can encourage healthier choices.Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Food banks and pantries across the U.S. were forced in the pandemic to dispense with something that is central to most people’s grocery experience: choice.

Faced with social-distancing rules and a large uptick in need –...

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