Science of
Health Care by Food™
Presidential Advisory
American Heart Association Presidential Advisory on Food Is Medicine serves as a roadmap for the research, advocacy, quality measurement, professional education and public awareness needed to promote widespread adoption and coverage of food is medicine interventions that improve health and are cost effective.
Strengthening the Evidence
The initiative’s research roadmap is outlined in the American Heart Association Presidential Advisory on Food Is Medicine, which calls for addressing gaps in the current food is medicine research resulting from such factors as small sample sizes, non-randomized comparisons and broad differences in data collection and measurement.
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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.
Resources
Health 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