Our Purpose
Poor nutrition is challenging almost every aspect of our society, contributing to poor health, health disparities, and preventable healthcare spending in the U.S. and globally. Greater federal coordination and investment in nutrition research could accelerate discoveries across numerous critical areas and positively impact public health, equity, the economy, national security, and the nation’s resilience to new threats.
To accelerate solutions and help address the pressing food and nutrition challenges and opportunities facing our nation, the undersigned organizations stand in support of the need for greater investment and coordination in federal nutrition research. We echo the call of the white paper, “Strengthening national nutrition research: Rationale and options for a new coordinated federal research effort and authority” (Am J Clin Nutr 2020). Our support of this white paper does not imply that each signatory has taken a specific policy position on every strategy option referenced in the paper.
We recognize that a strengthening of federal nutrition research will provide many benefits for our nation and a significant return on investment. Such research is crucial to lay the foundation for accelerated scientific advances to improve and sustain the health of all Americans, reduce health disparities, lower healthcare spending, strengthen our food system, improve military readiness, and advance innovations and stimulate economic growth.
We call for a national evaluation and strategy development for a new strengthened federal nutrition research effort.
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
- Acasti Pharma
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Cancer Society (ACS)
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS-CAN)
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Society for Nutrition (ASN)
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
- Angiogenesis Foundation
- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
- Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN)
- Azuluna
- Balanced
- Brightseed
- Center for Good Food Purchasing
- Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
- Ceres Community Project
- Community Servings
- DayTwo
- Defeat Malnutrition Today
- The diaTribe Foundation
- 84.51° Health
- Elysium Health
- End Allergies Together
- Feed the Truth
- Filtricine
- FARE [Food Allergy Research and Education]
- Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
- Food Is Medicine Coalition
- Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
- The Food Pantries of the Capital District
- Food Tank
- Food team @ Google
- The Food Trust
- Foodsmart
- General Mills Inc.
- God’s Love We Deliver
- The Good Food Institute
- Good Measures
- The Greater Boston Food Bank
- Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
- The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement, Drake University
- Healthy Food America
- HumanCo
- Hunger Free America
- Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC)
- Instacart
- Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
- International Fresh Produce Association
- January, Inc.
- John Hancock
- Juice Press
- KIND Snacks
- Kroger
- Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Manna Tree Partners
- McCormick Science Institute
- Milken Institute
- Mission: Readiness
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP)
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
- National Produce Prescription Collaborative
- National WIC Association
- Novo Nordisk
- The Nutrition and Obesity Interest Group of the National Academy of Medicine with partners from the National Academy of Science
- NYS Food As Medicine Plan Coalition
- The Obesity Society
- Ocean Spray
- Oldways
- Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA)
- PepsiCo
- PowerPlant Ventures
- Produce for Better Health Foundation
- Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut
- Sage Mountain Farm
- Season
- Share Our Strength
- Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB)
- Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
- Tangelo
- Teens for Food Justice
- 1000 Days
- Trust for America’s Health
- 2RHealth
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
- Urban School Food Alliance
- Vitamix Foundation
- The Well
- Wholesome Wave
- World Central Kitchen
- World Food Policy Center, Duke University
- World Food Prize Foundation