Medical Xpress August 8, 2025
A new editorial, led by faculty members at UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health appears in the American Journal of Public Health and urges the “Food is Medicine” (FIM) movement to course-correct—warning that without broader access strategies, it risks leaving behind the very people it aims to help.
The FIM movement encompasses health care and community-based interventions that use food and nutrition to prevent, manage, and treat diet-related health conditions. However, with more than 27 million people uninsured and millions more underinsured in the United States, the authors argue that efforts to integrate food into health care must be paired with accessible, community-based approaches to truly promote the beneficial outcomes of the FIM movement.
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