A food pantry employee hands a bag of food to another person, with several volunteer and clients in the background.

Portsmouth Diabetes Prevention Project

Working to prevent diabetes and improve health in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Diabetes Prevention Project

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Improve your health

The project found hundreds of concrete ways to improve diet and exercise with affordable options tailored to those at risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, including a cookbook tailored for food pantry staples. Also find a list of resouce websites, including personalized apps, to assist you.

Provide healthy options for food pantry clients

We have gathered tools for food pantries including a sample policy designed to improve nutrition, food drive lists to share and a list of key national resources.

Smiling volunteers fill brown paper bags with fruit for a food pantry client.