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. 2022 Nov;28(11):2238-2240.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3.

A Food is Medicine approach to achieve nutrition security and improve health

Dariush Mozaffarian  1 , Heidi M Blanck  2 , Kathryn M Garfield  3 , Alissa Wassung  4 , Ruth Petersen  2
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A Food is Medicine approach to achieve nutrition security and improve health

Dariush Mozaffarian et al. Nat Med. 2022 Nov.
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Conflict of interest statement

D.M. reports research funding from the NIH, the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Vail Innovative Global Research and the Kaiser Permanente Fund at East Bay Community Foundation; personal fees from Acasti Pharma, Barilla, Danone and Motif FoodWorks; scientific advisory board membership at Beren Therapeutics, Brightseed, Calibrate, Discern Dx, Elysium Health, Filtricine, HumanCo, January, Perfect Day and Tiny Organics, and past advisory roles at Day Two and Season Health; stock ownership in Calibrate and HumanCo; and chapter royalties from UpToDate. H.M.B. and R.P. are employees of the CDC. All other authors report no disclosures.

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Fig. 1 |
Fig. 1 |. The Food is Medicine pyramid.
An evolving framework of programs and interventions in healthcare and population health to integrate food-based nutrition interventions at multiple levels for specific health needs of different focus populations. Nutrition security programs include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and school meals. Figure adapted and updated from Food is Medicine Massachusetts (https://foodismedicinema.org/food-is-medicine-interventions).
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