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Research news, press coverage, summits, congressional briefings, and video from the Food is Medicine Institute.

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Press Release

New Report Shows Food is Medicine Interventions Would Save U.S. Lives and Billions of Dollars

A new FIMI analysis estimates the lives and healthcare dollars that food is medicine interventions could save if adopted at national scale.

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Food is Medicine Advocacy Day 2026

Researchers, clinicians, and advocates gather on Capitol Hill to make the case for food is medicine to federal policymakers.

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New Online Toolkit Helps Clinicians Put Food is Medicine Into Practice

A practical, open toolkit that offers guidance for all aspects of integrating nutrition-based care into health systems.

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Capitol Hill Luncheon: Eating Ourselves Sick — Ultra-Processed Foods & Policy

A congressional luncheon on the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to chronic disease and the policy levers available.

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Food is Medicine in Oncology Care Symposium

A symposium exploring the role of nutrition interventions in cancer care.

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Congressional Briefing: Building America's Nutrition Security Infrastructure

A briefing for congressional staff on the infrastructure needed to make nutrition security a national priority.

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Tufts Experts Weigh In on a New Generation of Weight-Loss Medications

FIMI faculty put GLP-1 medications in context — and explain where food is medicine fits alongside them.

Video
Video

Food is Medicine National Summit: Transforming Health Care

A keynote session from the National Summit on how food is medicine is transforming health care.

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Food is Medicine National Summit

The premier cross-sector convening advancing the science and practice of food is medicine, hosted in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente.

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Video

Food is Medicine, Explained

A short explainer on what food is medicine means and why it matters for health systems and policy.