February 6, 2024- On Tuesday, January 31, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted its first-ever Food is Medicine summit in Washington, D.C., an all-day summit for stakeholders at the intersection between food and health. Secretary Xavier Becerra opened the summit by announcing three new public-private partnerships with Instacart, Rockefeller Foundation, and Feeding America. All three partnerships will support HHS’s nutrition goals.
In addition to the three new public-private partnerships, HHS released five Food is Medicine principles that will guide the Department’s work when it comes to educating the public, changing public policies, and integrating nutrition in the services it provides. These principles include recognizing nutrition is critical to health, easy access to healthy food across the community, cultivating an understanding of nutrition and health, and more.