Section 1:

Introduction to Food is Medicine

Section Chapters

1.1 Why Health Care Has a Role in Nutrition
1.2 What is FIM?
1.3 Understanding the Types of FIM Programs
1.4 The Role of FIM in Food and Nutrition Security Programs
1.5 Evidence of the Impact of FIM on Health Outcomes
1.6 Addressing Patient Care Challenges with FIM Strategies
1.7 Relationship Between FIM and Type 2 Diabetes
1.8 A Patient Experience with FIM

Learning Goals

Define the scope of Food is Medicine and examine the health care system’s role in its implementation.

Identify and differentiate between various types of Food is Medicine programs.

Understand how patients experience care with and without integration of Food is Medicine interventions, using the standard of care for type 2 diabetes as the example.

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