Poor nutrition in the US causes more than 600,000 deaths and an estimated $1.1 trillion in health care spending and lost productivity annually, as well as profound health disparities. Food Is Medicine ...

Seth A. Berkowitz ([email protected]), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hilary K. Seligman, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Complicating matters, emerging causes of malnutrition beyond traditional ones are becoming increasingly recognized — causes such as low socioeconomic status, dietary restrictions, and chronic illness.

It is currently estimated that about half of all American adults have one or more preventable and diet-related chronic diseases, the most common of which include cardiovascular disease and type 2 ...

For the first time in half a century, the White House hosted a conference on the nation’s hunger, nutrition, and health to help millions of Americans struggling with food and nutrition insecurity. The ...