Pharmacy Times August 17, 2024
Aislinn Antrim, Assistant Managing Editor

New payment frameworks are emerging, but pharmacists need to be central to the ongoing food as medicine movement.

Experts gathered in a session on Saturday at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ 2024 Total Store Expo to discuss the future of the food as medicine movement, which aims to integrate nutrition into the broader health care system. Although there are many lingering questions about various models and challenges, the experts all agreed that pharmacies will play a crucial role.

Lack of nutrition is a systemic problem, as opposed to simply individuals making unhealthy food choices, said Dariush Mozaffarian,MD, DrPH, director of the Food as Medicine Institute in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Food...

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