Key Points
- Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) develops and provides comprehensive, evidenced-based nutritional services for Veterans and their families across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care facilities.
- Registered dietitian nutritionists promote wellness and disease prevention by ensuring effective nutrition education and counseling.
- The nutrition team proactively contributes to multiple initiatives including: TeleNutrition, the Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT), Cultural Transformation, nutrition research, and social media communications.
FIM Opportunities
As the largest integrated health care system in the United States, the VHA offers a significant opportunity for development of best practices related to Food Is Medicine.
