FOOD AS MEDICINE: 
                                                                                                                                        Practical Applications for 
                                                                                                                                        Registered Dietitians Across 
                                                                                                                                        Practice Settings
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                                                                                                                                      DISCLOSURES
                                                                                                                                      Susan T. Borra, RDN
                                                                                                                                      • Employer                                      • Former President of The Academy 
                                                                                                                                          • Retired from FMI - The Food Industry        of Nutrition and Dietetics and Chair 
                          FOOD AS MEDICINE:                                                                                                 Association                                 of the Foundation. 
                          INTRODUCTION                                                                                                • Currently Serves on the Boards of:
                                                                                                                                          • Partnership for Foods Safety Education
                                                                                                                                          • Tidewater Oyster Gardeners 
                          Susan Borra, RDN                                                                                                  Association
                          Former Chief Health and Wellness Officer                                                                        • Friends of Westmoreland State Park
                          FMI – The Food Industry Association (retired)
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                   INTRODUCTION                                                                               DEFINING FOOD AS MEDICINE
                   • As dietetic professionals we have been talking about “food as medicine”                  In March 2021, the Academy adopted a definition of food as medicine:
                    for our entire career. We may not have used these exact words, but 
                    when you looked how we practice, it is what we do.                                        Food as Medicine is a philosophy where food and nutrition aids 
                                                                                                              individuals through interventions that support health and wellness. 
                   • Now consumershave caught on to this concept and they are driving the                     Focus areas include:
                    trend.                                                                                    • Food as preventative medicine to encourage health and well-being;
                   • The time is right for our profession to take a lead role in the food as                  • Food as medicine in disease management and treatment;
                    medicine movement and continue to help consumers, clients, and the                        • Food as medicine to improve nutrition security; and
                    public to achieve good health with food.                                                  • Food as medicine to promote food safety.
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                   TODAY'S SESSION                                                                            LEARNING OUTCOMES
                   •Howthis effort got started at the Academy and                                             1. Describe the scope of Food as Medicine as defined by the 
                    the Foundation                                                                                Academy.
                   •Howconsumers are embracing theconcept of                                                  2. Identify the consumer drivers of the Food as Medicine movement.
                    Food as Medicine                                                                          3. Apply Food as Medicine principles within your own practice.
                                                                                                              4. Promote the value of registered dietitians leading Food as Medicine 
                   •HowFood as Medicine plays an important role in                                                initiatives.
                    all aspects of our practice as dietetic professionals
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                        THE EXPERTS FOR TODAY'S SESSION:
                                                                                                                                                  FOOD AS MEDICINE: 
                                                                                                                                                  DEFINING THE 
                                                                                                                                                  CONCEPT
                         Allison Yoder, MA, RDN, LD       Krystal Register, MS, RDN,        Amaris Noguera-Bradley,                               Allison Yoder, MA, RDN, LD
                           Academy of Nutrition and               LDN, FAND                        MPH, RD                                        NFRPD Fellow, Academy of Nutrition and 
                             Dietetics Foundation           FMI – The Food Industry              Eat Well Global                                  Dietetics Foundation
                                                                  Association
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                        DISCLOSURES                                                                                                            ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS:                  
                        Allison Yoder, MA, RDN, LD                                                                                             2017 VISIONING REPORT
                        • Employer:                                        • Board Member/Advisory Panel 
                            • Nutrition in Food Retail Program                 • The Aspen Institute “Food is Medicine” 
                              Development Fellow through the                     advisory board
                              Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics                                                                                   “Food Becomes Medicine 
                              Foundation                                   • Other
                        • Grants / Research Support                            • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’                                           in the Continuum 
                                                                                 2020-2021 Leadership Institute
                            • The Academy Foundation’s “Leveraging             • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food 
                              RDNs in the Food Retail Environment to             as Medicine research development team
                              Improve Public Health” project was                                                                                                            of Health”
                              funded through a grant from Walmart.
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                                WHAT IS MEDICINE?
                                • Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
                                     • Medicine is something that affects well-being.                                                                                                            FOOD AS 
                                     • Medicine is the science and art dealing with                                                                                                              MEDICINE 
                                         the maintenance, prevention, alleviation or cure of disease.                                                                                            DEFINITION
                                • Oxford Dictionary:
                                     • Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment 
                                        and prevention of disease.
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                                NFRPD ADVISORY GROUP                                                                                                                                            SCOPING REVIEW
                                • Advisory Group Chair: Sue Borra, RDN                                                                                                                                                                           www.eatrightfoundation.org/foodasmedicine 
                                • Advisory Group: 24 individuals
                                         ntio         Retail                       Nutrition, C-Suite, HR/Benefits, Pharmacy, Business, Operations                                                                                               8 databases searched
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                                         sepre       Business             Economics, Technology, Public Relations, Food Sector NPO, Big Brand, Alliance                                                                                          211 studies met inclusion criteria
                                         Roup      Health Care                     Physician, Pharmacy, Insurance, Clinical RDN, Health Disparities                                                                                              Analyzed landscape of food retail nutrition 
                                         Grory     Community                               Food Insecurity, Public Health, Food is Medicine                                                                                                      programs and Food as Medicine interventions.
                                         sdvi       Research /                                                                                                                                                                                   Assessed improvement in health outcomes and 
                                         A          Education                   Instructional Design, Noncommunicable Diseases, Behavior Change                                                                                                  cost effectiveness.
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