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These downloadable resources have been developed by experts at Tufts and other leading organizations for use by researchers, policymakers, healthcare professionals, patients, and more. Resources are listed by publication date and can be filtered by type.

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Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit

Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit

The purpose of this Toolkit is to build upon CMS’s 2023 guidance by providing a roadmap by which state officials can identify the most feasible and impactful approaches to address patient nutrition needs in their state Medicaid and CHIP programs.

Gaples Institute Clinical Nutrition Course

Gaples Institute Clinical Nutrition Course

This highly-vetted clinical nutrition course emphasizes practical application of food is medicine—97% of clinicians report it will change their practice. Spotlighted by the White House in 2024 for transformative impact. 4 hours CME/CEU includes engaging patient resources.

Lifestyle Medicine & Food as Medicine Essentials Course Bundle

Lifestyle Medicine & Food as Medicine Essentials Course Bundle

Three modules, four presentations, and 5.5 hours of content to provide a foundational, evidence-based introduction to the field, and focused nutrition education for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.

FIMC Accreditation

FIMC Accreditation

The FIMC Accreditation Program synthesizes decades of quality service provision into a standard for the field that ensures fidelity to the medically tailored meal model.

Aspen Institute Food is Medicine Research Action Plan

Aspen Institute Food is Medicine Research Action Plan

This report fully updates the quickly evolving body of food is medicine research and authoritatively describes the opportunities as well as the challenges of scaling, evaluating, and delivering health-promoting food where it is most needed.

Healthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care

Healthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care

Bipartisan policy recommendations for 1. Training health care professionals and educating patients and the public on nutrition; and 2. engaging health care professionals in interventions intended to lead to the consumption of healthy food.  

Federal Nutrition Advisory Coalition Recommendations for Strengthening Nutrition Research

Federal Nutrition Advisory Coalition Recommendations for Strengthening Nutrition Research

An expert coalition’s vision for strengthening existing federal nutrition research and cross-government coordination to prevent costly diet-related illnesses, better address food insecurity, accelerate scientific discoveries, bolster economic growth, and improve public health and population resilience 

Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Report

Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Report

Actionable policy recommendations shared with the White House ahead of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Many of the report’s recommendations were ultimately reflected in the White House National Strategy 

Nutrition Security Screener

Nutrition Security Screener

A 2-question clinical screening tool with a brief preamble for identifying nutrition insecurity in patients and food is medicine program participants. 

Healthy Food Guide Español

Healthy Food Guide Español

Una herramienta para clasificar alimentos de acuerdo a su contenido nutrimental que abarca desde opciones saludables hasta aquellas con mínimos beneficios.

Healthy Food Guide

Healthy Food Guide

A resource for rating foods based on their nutritional value, ranging from healthy options to those with minimal benefits.  

 

Nutrition Science Fact Sheet

Nutrition Science Fact Sheet

The damaging effect of poor nutrition on human health and the U.S. economy, the role of nutrition science in remedying this relationship, and the need for a coordinated national nutrition strategy to improve health outcomes for all Americans, reduce health care spending, improve national security, promote business innovation, and promote health equity.  

Food is Medicine Fact Sheet

Food is Medicine Fact Sheet

Food is medicine interventions, the evidence to support their use, and key policy solutions for expanding their accessibility. 

Nutrition Security Fact Sheet

Nutrition Security Fact Sheet

Food and nutrition insecurity are interrelated challenges that threaten America’s health, economy, productivity, and national security.