Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Systemic approach to improve quality of food consumption

 A collaboration between physicians, grocery stores, insurance companies and data analytics companies to combat diseases caused by food, diseases which can be controlled or reversed by dietary interventions. 

For knowledgeable and well-meaning physicians, the motivation and benefits are obvious. 

Grocery stores can have a "weekly grocery" program where the items are curated by physicians with some limited flexibility. This may also increase their predictability on demand, and it is likely they will have steady customers even after the program ends. 

Insurance companies can either subsidize the cost or even pay for it for a certain duration. What is a better motivator than "free food"? Considering that they don't have to pay for expensive medication when the medical conditions reverse, they may end up saving a lot of money. 

Data analytics companies can play a role in tracking nutrients, using nudge tactics, and prediction to provide estimates of "correct" times for interventions or doing more tests. (they could possibly do a lot more). 

Will this work? 

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