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As a continuation of the work started at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Biden-Harris Administration launched a nationwide call-to-action to stakeholders across all of society to make commitments to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030.

Food and nutrition insecurity is a health issue far too big to ignore. Diet-related diseases are the leading cause of death in the US for adults. While the connection between food and health is evident, how can health care make a more meaningful difference in preventing diet-related diseases?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services worked with federal partners, NGOs and communities to develop a Food Is Medicine Virtual Toolkit with resources that can be used to advance FIM in communities across the country. Food Is Medicine | odphp.health.govFind resources to prevent, manage, and treat

Kaiser Permanente has committed to providing $50 million by 2030 to support programs that increase food and nutrition security and improve health outcomes for the country’s most vulnerable populations.

Health Affairs Forefront blog by Hilary Seligman and Rocco Perla

A staggering 18 million households were food insecure in 2023, as shown by the Household Food Security Report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

Pam Schwartz, Executive Director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente, speaks to the Root Cause Coalition about her work and the vision for the FIM Center of Excellence.

A collection of downloadable FIM resources developed by experts at Tufts and other leading organizations.