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Colleagues,

With summer in full swing, we wanted to share some highlights from our work in the last few months. We continue to work on our four priority areas: creating healthy institutions, training health professionals in nutrition and physical activity, demonstrating the value of prevention, and aligning federal food and farm policy.

Last month, we released our latest white paper in conjunction with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American College of Sports Medicine: Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity in Medical School: Training Doctors for Prevention-Oriented Care. A roundtable preview was hosted at BPC in Washington, D.C. to discuss the paper. We also had the opportunity to brief the Innovation Collaborative on Prevention at the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Obesity Solutions on June 25th. The paper has been well-received and has generated press coverage in The Washington Post, POLITICO Pro, Modern Healthcare, and New Public Health, which also featured a spotlight of our project director, Lisel Loy, in which she highlighted the issue of nutrition and physical activity training in medical education. We are encouraged by the positive response, both in the media and among stakeholder groups, and we are working with our partners on next steps.

Read the full update on our priority areas here and see below for publication and event highlights.

Op-Ed Contributions

Roll Call: “Keep Nutrition Science in the WIC Program” by Secretaries Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman
The Hill: “Farm Policy, Nutrition Go Together” by Secretaries Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman
Huffington Post: “To Capitol Hill: End the Food Fight” by Secretaries Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman

Public Comments

To the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration: Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels Proposed Rule

Aspen Ideas Festival, Spotlight: Health, breakfast talk with Secretary Dan Glickman, “U.S. Food Policy, Past and Present: Where Does the Future Lie?" (June 26, 2014; Aspen, CO)
IOM Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, white paper briefing by Lisel Loy, Howell Wechsler, and Jim Whitehead, “Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity in Medical School: Training Doctors for Prevention-Oriented Care” (June 25, 2014; Washington, D.C.)
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Summit, panel discussion with Secretary Dan Glickman and Robin Schepper “Healthy Farms and Healthy People: Opportunities to Align Food and Farm Policy with the Goal of Healthier Americans” (June 17, 2014; Denver, CO)
American Society for Nutrition 2014 Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting, presentation by Dr. Matthew Levy “Policy Advocacy for Nutrition Education for Healthcare Professionals” (April 27, 2014; San Diego, CA)

The Washington Post: “Your Doctor Says He Doesn’t Know Enough About Nutrition or Exercise”
Modern Healthcare: “Docs, Other Providers Ill-Prepared to Give Advice on Diet, Exercise”
New Public Health: “Back to the Future for Medical Schools: New Ideas Aim to Revolutionize a Doctor’s Education”
New Public Health: “Faces of Public Health: Lisel Loy, Bipartisan Policy Center”
PoliticoPro: “Doctor Training Urged in Nutrition, Physical Activity”

Read the full update

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