Bringing Food as Medicine to Scale - A Systems Change for Health Equity

This session is a recorded presentation from ACLM’s LM2024 Annual Conference, featuring leading experts and timely, clinically relevant content in lifestyle medicine.

We live in a pivotal era where the impact of food on personal health is increasingly recognized by patients, medical professionals, and everyday consumers alike. As diet-related diseases have now surpassed smoking as the leading cause of death, it is imperative to align our public, private, food, and health sectors to take bold actions. This keynote will explore the successes and challenges of scaling food as medicine initiatives to create lasting, equitable improvements in both personal and public health, and how shifting our way of thinking about food can improve health outcomes and vitality across various cultures and demographics. By implementing systemic changes and promoting true health equity, we can ensure that everyone in America, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, or income, has equitable access to affordable healthy food and lifestyle choices.

This course expires September 21, 2027 at 11:59 PM PST.  

Target Audience

This course is applicable for the interprofessional healthcare team including physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, registered dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, other health professionals working with chronic disease prevention or treatment, certified health coaches, and clinicians in training.

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss the implementation and outcomes of fruit and vegetable prescription programs.
  2. Explore the role of food as medicine in promoting health equity.
  3. Evaluate the impact of food as medicine initiatives on the management of chronic disease.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Bringing Food as Medicine to Scale - A Systems Change for Health Equity and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 9/18/2025 to 9/18/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. .

  • 1.25 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.25 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.25 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.25 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.25 ACPE Pharmacy

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

  • 1.25 ACPE Technician

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 ANCC

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 nursing contact hour(s).

  • 1.25 APA

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • 1.25 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 general continuing education credits.

  • 1.25 CPEU

    This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 1.25 CPEUs.

  • 1.25 Occupational Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 continuing education credits.

  • 1.25 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 Physical Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 continuing education credits.

Course opens: 
09/22/2025
Course expires: 
09/21/2027
Cost:
$50.00
Part of: 
Lifestyle Medicine Now

Michel Nischan

Michel Nischan is founder and CEO of Wholesome Wave, co-founder of the James Beard Foundation’s Chefs Action Network, as well as founder and partner with the late actor, Paul Newman, of the former restaurant, Dressing Room. He is a four-time James Beard Award winning chef with over 30 years of leadership advocating for a more healthful, sustainable food system. Michel, whose parents were farmers, began his career at 19, cooking breakfast at a truck stop. He quickly realized that the ingredients coming in the back door fell far short of the farm-fresh harvests he’d grown up on, and began a life-long career championing the farm-to-table concept, decades before it had a name. Nischan was instrumental in securing $100M for Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grants for the food equity field in the 2014 Federal Farm Bill, which was recently expanded to $300M in the 2018 Farm Bill to become a permanent part of all future farm bills. The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program permanently expands affordable access to fruits and vegetables for low-income Americans, while creating a legacy for Wholesome Wave’s late co-founder, Gus Schumacher. He's also the author of three cookbooks on sustainable food systems and social equity through food. A lifetime Ashoka fellow, he serves as a director on the board of the Jacques Pepin Foundation and on the advisory boards of Chef’s Collaborative, Modern Farmer, Good Food Media Network and The Culinary Institute of America. The James Beard Foundation honored Nischan as the 2015 Humanitarian of The Year, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Post University with the graduating Class of 2019.

Accreditation Statement, Disclosure Information, and Credit Designation Statements

Joint Providership Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by RUSH University Medical Center and American College of Lifestyle Medicine. RUSH University Medical Center is Jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.

Disclosure Information

Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.

It is the policy of the Interprofessional Continuing Education office at RUSH to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias. Therefore, we manage all financial relationships associated with accredited continuing education activities. RUSH asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.

An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of relationships to education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing education activity. If a financial relationship is identified for the person in control of content, conflict mitigation strategies will be used to mitigate the financial relationship before they assume their role.

Individuals in control of content for this activity have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose and all financial relationships have been mitigated.

NameDisclosure
Rohit Moghe, PharmD, MSPH, CDCESMember, Speaker's Bureau - Novo Nordisk

All other individuals in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Bringing Food as Medicine to Scale - A Systems Change for Health Equity and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 9/18/2025 to 9/18/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. .

  • 1.25 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.25 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.25 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.25 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.25 ACPE Pharmacy

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

  • 1.25 ACPE Technician

    Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 ANCC

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 nursing contact hour(s).

  • 1.25 APA

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • 1.25 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 general continuing education credits.

  • 1.25 CPEU

    This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 1.25 CPEUs.

  • 1.25 Occupational Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 continuing education credits.

  • 1.25 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.25 Physical Therapy CE

    Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.25 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$50.00
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Non-memberACLM Members
$50

$37.5

Access to online material is granted through the term of approval, which ends September 21, 2027.

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Registering for an American College of Lifestyle Medicine Course indicates your acceptance of the Participant User Agreement and its terms and conditions. 

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