For Policymakers
The nonpartisan authority on food is medicine.
Rigorous, applicable, and ready to cite. Access the evidence, briefs, and testimony behind food is medicine legislation, regulation, and guidance.
Policy-ready resources
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Medically Tailored Meals (MTM): 6 months of meals reduced hospitalizations, ED visits, and costs in Massachusetts Medicaid
Brief · for Policymakers
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Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit
Toolkit · for Policymakers
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National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Report · for Policymakers
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Federal Nutrition Advisory Coalition Recommendations for Strengthening Nutrition Research
Report · for Policymakers
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Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Report
Report · for Policymakers
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Policy Impact
Legislation and guidance rooted in the evidence.
Food is medicine has moved from research into national strategy, state Medicaid policy, and bipartisan recommendations — informed by the Institute’s work.
White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The first national strategy of its kind names food is medicine as a pillar — informed by the Institute’s evidence and its leadership at the White House Conference.
Read itState Medicaid food is medicine provisions
A growing number of states are adding medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions to Medicaid — guided by the Institute’s State Medicaid Policy Toolkit and outcomes evidence (e.g. the MassHealth results).
Read itTask Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health recommendations
Bipartisan recommendations that shaped the White House Conference agenda drew directly on the Institute’s research and policy analysis.
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