Health and Well-being

National Nutrition Month 2024: Beyond the Table

In March we celebrate National Nutrition Month®, an annual campaign from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the Academy). This celebration started in 1973 as National Nutrition Week and became a month-long observance in 1980 in response to a ...

The Food Industry is Committed to Health & Well-being

As we see interest in nutrition and healthy eating increasing everywhere, from daily media articles to newly reformulated products, companies across the food industry are focused on meaningful strategic initiatives to support consumers with their ...

HHS Food is Medicine Summit Brings Key Stakeholders Together

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) held the first-ever HHS Food is Medicine Summit on January 31st in Washington, DC to address the importance of food is medicine initiatives with gathered policymakers, advocates, researchers ...

Key Takeaways from FMI’s In-Person Nutrition and Health Gathering

There’s nothing like getting together in person to discuss the biggest nutrition, health and well-being topics impacting the food industry. After three years of meeting virtually, we are thrilled that the FMI Health and Well-being Council had the ...

Power of Health & Well-being 2023 Report Released

With a nationwide uptick in attention on nutrition and health in 2023, we are pleased to share the newly released Power of Health & Well-being in the Food Industry report. This timely edition leverages findings from many other recent FMI reports to ...

Expanding Access to Food as Medicine Programs

The recent Food as Medicine Policy Summit held in Washington, DC, brought together 250 executives, stakeholders, and thought leaders from the food and beverage industry, government, academia, health care sector and nonprofit organizations to explore ...

The Family Meals Movement is Growing

This fall, FMI made a huge splash during National Family Meals Month by strengthening our partnership with USDA’s MyPlate. Together, we created resources that spotlight the year-round FMI Foundation Family Meals Movement initiative and the MyPlate ...

Are we all getting too much added sugar? What is the industry doing to help?

The intake of added sugars for most Americans is higher than what is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as noted in the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health following the White House Conference. FDA recently hosted a ...

Spotlight: Improving Nutrition Security at the Grocery Store

Food retailers are making investments and launching programs to both fight hunger and improve the health of customers, utilizing the passion and expertise of registered dietitians and registered nurses at the strategic level, embedded in stores and ...

What’s Going on with Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling?

Thousands of registered dietitians, nutrition professionals and students gather every October for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), and this year we took on Denver! For the past 27 years this event ...

Staying the Course on Addressing Hunger and Improving Nutrition

Today, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. FMI announced two bold commitments at the event on September 28 last ...

What Do Plant-Based Consumers Want?

Curiosity is the number one reason consumers try plant-based alternative products, and they strongly associate these foods with healthy ...

Spotlight: Disease Management and Treatment at the Grocery Store

Retail registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) are an invaluable community health resource. RDNs provide nutrition therapy specific to disease management and treatment, right in the grocery store. Nutrition services range from individual ...

The Impact of Shopping Gluten Free

We know from the U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2023 report focused on the value matrix shoppers are weighing more than just price and quality these days. Convenience, relevance and experience all play a role in shopper mindsets. I too weigh a lot more ...

The Power of Making The World A Better Place

According to The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2023, 82% of food retailers emphasize community support or community ties. What’s more 62% of food retailers surveyed report these community uplift programs are successful at connecting with customers. ...