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Tools to put the evidence to work.
Toolkits, guides, data tools, policy briefs, reports, and CME — built for the clinicians, policymakers, and researchers advancing food is medicine.
29 resources
Medically Tailored Meals (MTM): 6 months of meals reduced hospitalizations, ED visits, and costs in Massachusetts Medicaid
How six months of medically tailored meals reduced hospitalizations, ED visits, and costs in Massachusetts Medicaid.
OpenFood is Medicine Toolkit
A practical, open toolkit for designing, implementing, and sustaining food is medicine programs in health systems.
OpenDesigning Medically Tailored Grocery (MTG) Benefits
A product-list design fact sheet for building effective medically tailored grocery benefits.
OpenEstimated Impact of Produce Prescriptions in 50 U.S. States
State-by-state estimates of the health and cost impact of produce prescription programs.
OpenEstimated Impact of Medically Tailored Meals in 50 U.S. States
State-by-state estimates of the health and cost impact of medically tailored meals.
OpenPublic Perceptions of Food is Medicine in the United States
National survey findings on how the public understands and supports food is medicine.
OpenOptimizing GLP-1 Therapy for Obesity with Nutrition and Food is Medicine
How nutrition and food is medicine can optimize outcomes for patients on GLP-1 obesity therapy.
OpenGaples Institute Clinical Nutrition Course
A clinical nutrition CME course for clinicians integrating nutrition into care.
OpenFood is Medicine Fact Sheet
A one-page overview of the evidence, interventions, and impact of food is medicine.
OpenFood is Medicine 101: Translating Evidence to Action
A Tufts course translating the food is medicine evidence base into practice.
OpenNutrition Security Screener
A validated screening tool for identifying nutrition insecurity in clinical settings.
OpenFood is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit
A toolkit for advancing food is medicine through state Medicaid policy.
OpenDoctoring Our Diet II: Nutrition Education for Physicians is Overdue
The case for stronger nutrition education in physician training.
OpenLifestyle Medicine & Food as Medicine Essentials Course Bundle
An essentials course bundle on lifestyle and food-as-medicine for clinicians.
OpenFIMC Accreditation
Accreditation program from the Food is Medicine Coalition.
OpenAspen Institute Food is Medicine Research Action Plan
A national research action plan to advance the food is medicine field.
OpenHealthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care
A policy report on improving nutrition through the healthcare system.
OpenTrue Cost of Food: Food is Medicine Case Study
Quantifying the health and economic benefits of food is medicine at national scale.
OpenSupporting Food & Nutrition Security Through Healthcare
Strategies for supporting food and nutrition security through healthcare delivery.
OpenNational Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The White House national strategy on hunger, nutrition, and health.
OpenFederal Nutrition Advisory Coalition Recommendations for Strengthening Nutrition Research
Recommendations for strengthening the nation’s nutrition research enterprise.
OpenTask Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Report
The task force report informing the White House Conference on hunger, nutrition, and health.
OpenHealthy Food Guide Español
A guide from the Food is Medicine Institute.
OpenHealthy Food Guide
A plain-language guide to the foods that support health.
OpenTransforming Agrifood Systems Amidst the Climate Crisis
A report on transforming agrifood systems in the face of the climate crisis.
OpenNutrition Science Fact Sheet
A one-page overview of Tufts nutrition science.
OpenNIH Office of Nutrition Research (ONR) Fact Sheet
A fact sheet on the NIH Office of Nutrition Research.
OpenNutrition Security Fact Sheet
A one-page overview of nutrition security and why it matters.
OpenEvidence-Based Nutrition Toolkit for Cancer Survivors
An evidence-based patient nutrition toolkit for cancer survivors.
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