The Food for Life program is a community-based nutrition education program of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). With more than a million people being diagnosed with cancer and 25 million people diagnosed with diabetes in the United States each year, there is an urgent need for a new direction in battling diseases. The Food for Life program is an innovative approach to a medical challenge. It aims first to prevent disease. If disease has been diagnosed, it works for improving survival. Designed by physicians, nutrition experts, and registered dietitians, each of our curricula includes information about how certain foods and nutrients work to promote health and fight disease. The classes work to translate complex scientific nutrition information into simple and easy meals. Launched in 2001, the program was meant to help cancer survivors take advantage of the healing power of foods. Since then, the program has grown to include classes focused on diabetes, children’s health, corporate wellness and healthy weight management.

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PROGRAMS OFFERED

Food for Life: Cancer Project
Acquire knowledge about the link between diet and cancer. Enjoy a live cooking demonstration, nutrition information, video presentation and plenty of delicious samples!

Food for Life: Kickstart Your Health
Discover how simple qualitative dietary choices can lead to a healthy weight. By eating a low-fat, high fiber diet, you will feel full longer and shed off those unwanted pounds.

Food for Life: Diabetes Initiative
Learn more about the benefits of a plant-based nutrition approach for diabetes and prevention. Studies show some instances of diabetes can be reversed through diet and proper nutrition. 

Food for Life: Kid's Health
Establish in children the knowledge and skill necessary to form healthful habits they can carry well into adulthood. Food for Life is working to change school lunches by providing kids and teachers with plant-powered nutrition information.

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