New Managed Care Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Tufts University (‘food Is Medicine’ In the Us: a National Survey of Public Perceptions of Care, Practices, and Policies): Managed Care

2025 JUN 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news originating from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Poor nutrition in the US causes more than 600,000 deaths and an estimated $1.1 trillion in health care spending and lost productivity annually, as well as profound health disparities. Food Is Medicine interventions, which incorporate nutrition-related services in medical care as part of a care plan to prevent or treat disease, can advance nutrition security, health, and equity.”

Financial support for this research came from Kaiser Permanente East Bay Community Fund.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Tufts University, “But little is known about public awareness and perceptions of these interventions. We conducted the first national survey on knowledge, perceptions, and experiences around Food Is Medicine during February-April 2023. Fewer than half of respondents said that they received clear food- and nutrition-related advice from their primary health care providers, but a majority expressed interest in participating in Food Is Medicine interventions. More than two-thirds felt that Medicare and Medicaid should help pay for Food Is Medicine programs in health care, and more than half said that private insurance should do so.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These results suggest a need for increased nutrition-related training of health care professionals, development of Food Is Medicine accreditation standards for health care organizations, and new regulatory incentives and contract requirements for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans to encourage Food Is Medicine interventions in care delivery.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: ‘food Is Medicine’ In the Us: a National Survey of Public Perceptions of Care, Practices, and Policies. Health Affairs, 2025;44(4):398-405. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Ronit Ridberg, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02155, United States. Additional authors for this research include Julia Reedy Sharib, Dariush Mozaffarian, Kathryn Garfield and Erika Hanson.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00585. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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