Our Work
Innovation & tools.
Public implementation tools, databases, and novel research assets — from Food Compass to the Global Dietary Database — that let others build on our work.
The Tufts Food Compass
A novel nutrient profiling system for science-based assessment of the overall healthfulness of foods — one of the most comprehensive systems developed to date.
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The most comprehensive global resource on what the world eats — dietary intake data across 185 countries used by researchers and policymakers worldwide.
Read the projectKroger OptUP Validation Study
Validating a major grocery retailer's nutrition-rating tool against Food Compass to strengthen the science behind consumer-facing food scores.
Read the projectFood is Medicine Implementation Toolkit
A practical, open toolkit that helps clinicians and health systems stand up food is medicine programs — from screening to referral to measurement.
Read the projectEHR Integration for Food is Medicine
Embedding food is medicine screening and referral directly into electronic health record workflows so nutrition care happens at the point of care.
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