Diet should be considered an important part of a patient's treatment along with medication, surgery, and other options, ...

The “food as medicine” concept (sometimes called “food is medicine”) is based on the idea that making healthy food choices goes beyond getting your nutritional needs met and can actually prevent and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing for doctors to receive more education about nutrition. He announced Wednesday that a team within the Health and Human Services Department would target ...

UPMC's innovative pilot program combines medically tailored meals and nutrition education to tackle chronic disease and improve community health outcomes.

Kaiser Permanente and Tufts have launched a resource for best practices in developing a food is medicine strategy. Highmark Health and Geisinger are among the founding health systems. Healthcare ...

Building skills and confidence in the kitchen can help patients change their relationship with food and reduce the burden of ...

A new study reveals that more than two-thirds of people living with chronic pain turn to comfort foods—especially ...