HRSA issued a Dear Colleague Letter encouraging health centers to strengthen and expand nutrition-focused care as part of efforts to prevent and manage chronic disease. 

The Dear Colleague Letter: 

• Emphasizes the role of nutrition in chronic disease prevention and management  

• Encourages health centers to integrate the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Guidelines) into health educational services 

• Provides health centers educational resources on the revised Guidelines that can be posted in treatment rooms and shared on websites and social media.  

Read the press release.