Diet Adherence in Medically Tailored Meals: Rethinking What "Food Is Medicine" Really Means
Diet Adherence in Medically Tailored Meals: Rethinking What "Food Is Medicine" Really Means
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Many Food-as-Medicine programs assume that delivering medically tailored meals (MTMs) guarantees clinical impact. Yet real-world utilization data show a stubborn truth: a large share of prescribed meals are not eaten consistently enough to change outcomes. This advanced, evidence-based session reframes the problem from access to adherence.
A multidisciplinary panel-behavioral medicine, clinical nutrition, and culinary science-will unpack why patients don't consume MTMs (competing priorities, palatability, cultural fit, habits, care-team workflows) and what actually improves consumption. We will examine adherence drivers (sensory appeal, personalization, coaching, feedback loops), review emerging outcomes evidence and policy context, and translate findings into practical frameworks RDNs can apply across care settings.
Attendees will leave able to identify barriers, select evidence-based adherence strategies, and integrate them into MTM design, counseling, and care coordination-so Food-as-Medicine delivers on its clinical and economic promise.
CPEU: 1.50 (Valid Until September 15, 2029)
Learning Objectives
- Identify behavioral, sensory, and systemic factors influencing patient adherence to medically tailored meal prescriptions.
- Evaluate evidence-based strategies that improve consumption and satisfaction within Food-as-Medicine and medically tailored meal programs.
- Apply practical frameworks to integrate adherence-enhancing interventions into clinical nutrition counseling and care coordination.
Performance Indicators
- 10.6.2 Applies a variety of counseling theories, psychological methods and strategies that empower clients/patients to make changes.
- 11.3.5 Establishes and implements nutrition care plans, defining the time, frequency, and duration of interventions.
- 9.5.1 Plans and designs nutritionally sound meals, menus and meal plans that promote health and disease management and meet client needs.
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