Summary

The initiative aims to strengthen research on healthy food interventions, enabling millions of patients to benefit from holistic dietary approaches and professional tools for medication. This Food is Medicine Initiative marks the first major step of the Health Care by Food project, which was announced at the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The mission involves training health care professionals to prescribe medications through food-based programs, ensuring that payers have the necessary data to cover these medical services. The initiative started with funding and a launch event to raise awareness about how nutrition directly impacts health outcomes. By focusing on evidence-based policies and tools, the program seeks to reduce costs while improving patient care. Ultimately, this effort will help prevent food-related illnesses and enhance overall health through sustainable food programs.

Title

Home | Health Care by Food

Description

The American Heart Association’s food is medicine initiative Health Care by Food™ is coordinating scientific research, public policy advocacy and stakeholder education to advance food is medicine interventions that incorporate healthy food into health car

Keywords

food, health, care, heart, american, research, association, medicine, policy, science, interventions, news, initiative, diet, more, ways, content

Categories

Health

NS Lookup

A 104.18.13.7, A 104.18.12.7

Dates

Created 2026-03-09

Updated 2026-04-14

Summarized 2026-04-15