The Boston Globe – Health care institutions, nonprofits team up to battle hunger and the pandemic

Health care workers have long been able to draw a straight line between access to nutritious food and health outcomes: Unhealthy diets, after all, are often the root cause of chronic diseases. But as COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on at-risk populations, its economic fallout has also exacerbated the need for emergency food services throughout the state that serve those populations.