Items Tagged with 'food as medicine'

President Donald Trump says he’s trusting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to get a deal done on E15 that works for farmers, consumers and oil companies.

Food Is Medicine is having a moment as back-to-back U.S. administrations have pushed for much more nutrition-based health care throughout the system. But funding cuts to key programs like Medicaid and SNAP are introducing division into an otherwise rare example of policy compatibility between Republicans and Democrats. 

The International Fresh Produce Association has laid out plans to educate lawmakers on the challenges facing the fresh produce industry, such as perishability and seasonal access.

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican and doctor by training, has long advocated the "food is medicine" concept, the idea that diet plays a role in preventing and curing disease. Now he has emerged as one of the leading congressional champions of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement launched by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal critic of U.S. food systems and federal nutrition scientists, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and take on the "industrial food complex."

USDA is funding $46 million in projects through its Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program and Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program.

In this joint opinion piece, Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs with the International Dairy Foods Association, and Stephanie Goodwin, director of nutrition policy with Danone North America, explore the benefits of the new qualified health claim for yogurt.