GAO: Food Assistance, SDOH Programs See Little Nutrition Oversight

Patient Engagement January 3, 2020
Sara Heath

A recent GAO report found that many food assistance programs targeting SDOH in senior patients have limited federal oversight.

Federal food assistance programs aimed at addressing population health issues in older adult patients could benefit from better oversight and regulation, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The report, which focused on six federally sponsored food assistance programs targeting older adults over age 65, revealed that although these programs have nutrition standards, there is little oversight for regulating those standards. Future guidelines for these programs, set to be published for 2025, should take that oversight into account.

This report comes as the medical industry contends with a growing senior population, GAO acknowledged. By 2030, the US...

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