2026 Addressing Hunger Through Healthcare

The 2026 Addressing Hunger Through Healthcare report from Project Bread evaluates five years of its Massachusetts-based healthcare partnership model, which integrates food and nutrition services into clinical care for patients experiencing food insecurity and chronic health conditions. Drawing on data from nearly 16,000 participants, the report demonstrates how healthcare-based food interventions can improve food security, support better health outcomes, strengthen patient-provider relationships, and reduce healthcare costs, while offering recommendations for advancing Food Is Medicine initiatives and strengthening nutrition assistance programs.