Becker's Healthcare February 7, 2025
Boston-based Tufts University and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente have partnered to form the Food Is Medicine National Network of Excellence, a national network focused on addressing food insecurity and improving community health.
The network will develop best practices related to food-based interventions, such as medically tailored meals, produce prescriptions and nutrition education, in healthcare and communities, Tufts and Kaiser said in a Feb. 6 news release. The launch comes after Kaiser established its Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence in April 2024.
The Food Is Medicine Institute at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts and Kaiser Permanente are the primary drivers of the initiative. Other founding members of the network...
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