by Ashton Valdovinos | Sep 5, 2024 | Events, News
About the Event GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound can help people lose significant amounts of weight and are on pace to become the largest blockbuster drugs in history. Yet the drugs also have important side effects, many people stop taking them within...
by Julia Reedy Sharib | Apr 24, 2024 | Events, News
About the Event In collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, the Food is Medicine Institute was pleased to have hosted the second annual Food is Medicine National Summit in Boston, MA on April 24-25, 2024. This 2-day Summit, supported by Kaiser Permanente, The Rockefeller...
by Julia Reedy Sharib | Apr 10, 2024 | Events, News
About the Event On April 10, 2024, nearly 90 attendees from at least 18 states gathered in Washington D.C. for the first-ever multi-sector Food is Medicine Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. Food is medicine (FIM)—the integration of food-based nutritional...
by Ashton Valdovinos | Jan 31, 2024 | Events, Featured Videos, Videos
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) partnered with the Office of Intergovernmental & External Affairs to host the first-ever HHS Food is Medicine summit in Washington, D.C., an all-day event for...
by Julia Reedy Sharib | Oct 19, 2023 | Events, News, Videos
About the Event Tufts University is making a significant new investment to launch this first-of-its-kind Institute, which will bring together research, training, patient services, policy development, and community engagement around Food is Medicine (FIM). Tufts is...
by Julia Reedy Sharib | Jun 29, 2023 | Events, Videos
About the Briefing This briefing, which was held virtually on June 29, 2023, presented exciting new findings from the forthcoming Tufts University True Cost of Food: Food is Medicine case study report, which suggests that food is medicine interventions such as...