Prioritize "Food is Medicine" initiatives in the 2024 Farm Bill for human and planetary health

Elizabeth L Adams; Roger Figueroa; Kristi E White; Brooke M Bell; Katie Alegria; Amy L Yaroch

doi:10.1093/tbm/ibad083

Prioritize "Food is Medicine" initiatives in the 2024 Farm Bill for human and planetary health

Transl Behav Med. 2024 Jan 9:ibad083. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibad083. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Elizabeth L Adams¹, Roger Figueroa², Kristi E White³, Brooke M Bell⁴, Katie Alegria⁵, Amy L Yaroch⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
² Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁴ Division of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Health Psychology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition.

PMID: 38195182
DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibad083

Abstract

The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) supports increased funding for policies in the 2024 Farm Bill that align with a Food is Medicine (FIM) framework and address multiple dimensions of human and planetary health.

Keywords: food as medicine; medically tailored meal; nutrition; produce prescriptions.

Plain language summary

The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) supports funding for policies in 2024 Farm Bill that align with a Food is Medicine (FIM) framework and address multiple dimensions of human and planetary health. Recommendations include increasing funding for produce prescription programs, establishing systems to align federal- and state-funded initiatives, and the allocation of funding for financial incentives when sustainable agricultural practices are utilized in government-funded local and regional farm-to-institution programs.