November 14, 2023
Bipartisan Policy Center
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
Diet-related diseases continue to be the leading cause of death in the U.S. Interventions that treat food as a form of treatment and provide comprehensive nutritional education have the potential to improve health outcomes and reduce substantial expenses associated with health care.
Food is Medicine integrates food-based programs and interventions at multiple levels of health care such as produce prescriptions, medically tailored groceries, and medically tailored meals.
Join BPC for a healthy meal food demonstration from Food and Friends, followed by a discussion on policies that address increasing nutrition education and access to Food is Medicine interventions for those with diet-related diseases.
SPEAKERS
Introduction:
- Bill Hoagland | Senior Vice President, BPC
Keynote remarks
- Bill Frist, MD | Former Majority Leader, U.S. Senate; Senior Fellow, BPC
- Dan Glickman | Former Secretary of Agriculture, Senior Fellow, BPC
- Donna E. Shalala | Former Secretary of HHS
- Ann Veneman | Former Secretary of Agriculture, Senior Fellow, BPC
Panelists
- Kofi Essel, MD | FIM Director, Elevance Health
- Lauri Wright, Ph.D. | President, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
- Additional participants to be announced.
