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The trusted, nonpartisan evidence base for food is medicine policy.

Legislation and regulation need evidence that holds up to scrutiny. FIMI is an academic source you can cite, with analysis built for the questions your committee or agency is actually asking.

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Evidence, written for policy

The findings that belong in a floor speech or a fiscal note.

$23.7 billion in first-year savings, if the program reached everyone eligible

A national model projects $23.7 billion in first-year U.S. health-care savings if medically tailored meals reached all 10.4 million eligible adults, the scale a state Medicaid program or a federal benefit could put behind it.

Deng et al., Health Affairs, 2025

31% fewer hospitalizations, 20% fewer emergency-department visits

Adults receiving medically tailored meals had 31% fewer hospitalizations and 20% fewer emergency-department visits, the kind of utilization drop a state agency can put a dollar figure on.

Hager et al., Nature Medicine, 2026

126,000 cardiovascular events preventable over ten years

Produce prescriptions could prevent about 126,000 cardiovascular events over ten years among U.S. adults with diabetes and food insecurity, evidence for benefit design and eligibility rules alike.

Wang et al., J. Am. Heart Assoc., 2023

Rooted in the research

Policy analysis grounded in FIMI’s own studies.

These projects turn clinical and economic evidence into legislative and regulatory analysis, not the reverse.

Medically Tailored Groceries / Produce Prescriptions: illustrative image for the FIMI project “Advancing Food is Medicine in the United States” Active

Advancing Food is Medicine in the United States

Given the role of nutrition in health and well-being, socioeconomic disparities, and healthcare spending, the time has come to implement, evaluate, an… Medically Tailored Groceries / Produce PrescriptionsMedically Tailored Meals Cardiometabolic Disease Read the work
Federal Nutrition Programs: illustrative image for the FIMI project “Policy Analysis” Active

Policy Analysis

In this project’s previous grant period , we used national and state microsimulation modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, legal and policy analyses… Federal Nutrition ProgramsMedically Tailored Groceries / Produce Prescriptions Cancer Read the work
Federal Nutrition Programs: illustrative image for the FIMI project “Nutrition Policy Initiative” Active

Nutrition Policy Initiative

Leading up to the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, our coalition –consisting of 26 Task Force members, 26 Strategy Group… Federal Nutrition ProgramsHealthcare Capacity and Technology Development US Read the work

Policy-ready resources

Briefs, toolkits, and reports built for a policy audience.

Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit

Implementation Recommendations Read the document

National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Policy PerspectivesImplementation Recommendations Read the document

Doctoring Our Diet II: Nutrition Education for Physicians is Overdue

Policy Perspectives Read the document

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