1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The “Food is Medicine” approach is central to cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention because diet directly shapes key risk factors, making nutrition a powerful, modifiable intervention. Medically tailored meals (MTMs) are fully&amp;nbsp;prepared,&amp;nbsp;condition-specific meals prescribed to meet the clinical needs of patients with chronic disease. Evidence&amp;nbsp;shows that&amp;nbsp;MTMs can improve health outcomes, enhance diet quality, and reduce&amp;nbsp;hospitalizations&amp;nbsp;and costs. Together, prescribing food as part of care highlights a scalable strategy to improve individual health and drive meaningful public health impact.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; In this interview, Matthew&amp;nbsp;W.&amp;nbsp;Martinez MD, FACC&amp;nbsp;and Laurence&amp;nbsp;S.&amp;nbsp;Sperling,&amp;nbsp;MD,&amp;nbsp;FACC&amp;nbsp;discuss&amp;nbsp;“Prescribing Meals, Not Just&amp;nbsp;Meds: The&amp;nbsp;Case&amp;nbsp;For&amp;nbsp;Medically&amp;nbsp;Tailored&amp;nbsp;Meals”.&amp;nbsp; ACCEL Lite: Featured ACCEL Interviews on Exciting CV Research http://accelaccorg.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42153225/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/204300410