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Research news, press coverage, summits, congressional briefings, and video from the Food is Medicine Institute.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Food is Medicine in Oncology Care Symposium
A symposium exploring the role of nutrition interventions in cancer care.
Congressional Briefing: Building America's Nutrition Security Infrastructure
A briefing for congressional staff on the infrastructure needed to make nutrition security a national priority.
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.
Food is Medicine National Summit: Transforming Health Care
A keynote session from the National Summit on how food is medicine is transforming health care.
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.
Food is Medicine, Explained
A short explainer on what food is medicine means and why it matters for health systems and policy.