Knowledge Hub
The Health Care by Food knowledge hub is a central repository of food is medicine resources, research articles, information on funded studies and opportunities, a practitioner finder and more. We invite you to explore this curated content for insights, expert knowledge and connect and collaborate with others in the field. Our goal is to empower you with the best information to promote improved health outcomes through the provision of nutritious foods.
Publication Hub
Explore our comprehensive library of resources, where knowledge and science converge to drive impact against diet-related diseases.
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Cardiovascular Health
In recent decades, behavioral economists have considerably enhanced our understanding of human behavior.
Food is brain medicine — relevance and translation to neurology
The importance of diet for brain health is increasingly recognized by neurologists, but many neurological disorders impair the ability of individuals to eat healthily.
Food Is Medicine: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association
Unhealthy diets are a major impediment to achieving a healthier population in the United States.
Practitioner Field Hub
Featured Practitioner
Amy Headings, PhD, RD director of nutrition and research at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, talks about the Collective’s produce prescription services supporting the work of Health Care by Food research team: SUSTAIN: promoting sustained behavior change and nutrition security in Medicaid-enrolled individuals with Stage 2 cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome.
Explore the Practitioner HubHealth Care by Food Funded Research
The initiative’s research efforts were announced in January 2024 with funds awarded to foundational research projects across the country led by experts in the food and nutrition, behavioral science, epidemiology and cardiovascular research fields.
AdapTive personalized dietitian coacHing, messaging and pRoduce prescrIption to improVE healthy dietary behavior – THRIVE
This study will test the feasibility of combining produce prescription, adaptive messaging, dietitian coaching, and linkages to social resources to sustainably improve dietary behaviors amongst Black adults with hypertension living in high food priority areas
- PI: Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN
- Co-PI: Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FAHA
- Co-I: Lisa A Cooper, MD
- Coordinator: Faedra Bernier Arwady, MS
Impact of a food purchasing intervention on consumption patterns and improved dietary outcomes in New Orleans
This study will examine how food consumption behaviors in adult patients with clinically documented high blood pressure, living in the Greater New Orleans area of Louisiana, will be impacted by access to educational materials and a monthly food stipend for in-person grocery shopping versus an online grocery delivery platform.
- PI: Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS
- Co-I's:
- Beth Nauman
- Bridget Simon-Freidt, PhD
- Coordinator: Sarah Palmer
Health Care by Food™ Planning Grant RFP
The Association has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a planning grant opportunity through its Health Care by Food initiative designed to provide support for the development of a detailed trial protocol and grant focused on developing and testing ways in which food is medicine interventions are efficacious for improved health outcomes.
Deadlines for the application period:
- Application Deadline: March 11, 2025
- This application must be submitted through AHA’s Proposal Central.
- Please visit the Application Resources page for answers on American Heart Association policies and restrictions, application preparation, and general guidelines.