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A Florida hospital is the first in the nation to sign the “Make Hospital Food Healthier” pledge, committing to serve more nutritious, minimally processed meals to patients.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris signed the pledge Thursday during a news conference attended by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and celebrity chef<\/a> Geoffrey Zakarian.<\/p>\n

The 1,000-bed medical facility partnered with Zakarian last year to overhaul its menu based on the “food is medicine” concept.<\/p>\n

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The revamped menu features items that are high in nutrition<\/a> and “can help prevent, manage and treat illness,” the hospital said in a 2025 news release announcing the partnership.<\/p>\n

“If you go to your friend’s house and you say, ‘This tastes like hospital food,’ that’s not a compliment,” Kennedy said during the news conference.<\/p>\n

Kennedy said hospitals are places where people go to get healthy, “and we were giving them stuff that is going to aggravate and amplify their chronic illness.”<\/p>\n

“We doubled down on the quality of the food,<\/a>” Couris said of working with Zakarian on a limited number of menu items. “And we’ve seen somewhere around a 5% to 7% increase in our [food purchasing expenses]. That’s something that we can absorb.”<\/p>\n

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Following the menu changes, hospital officials reported a 53% increase in perceived food quality and more patients finishing their meals, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the visit, Kennedy and Rollins tried a menu of soup, mezze salad and steak prepared by the hospital’s culinary team, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported.<\/p>\n

HHS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the “Make Hospital Food Healthier” pledge earlier this month as part of a broader effort to encourage hospitals to serve healthier meals<\/a> with fewer processed ingredients and added sugars.<\/p>\n

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In announcing the initiative, Kennedy said patients recovering from serious medical conditions “deserve better than ultra-processed and deep-fried junk foods.”<\/p>\n

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a notice to hospitals in March saying they would be required to follow the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans<\/a> to continue receiving Medicaid and Medicare payments.<\/p>\n

Kennedy pointed to Tampa General Hospital, which sources about 25% of its food from local farmers, as a model for other hospitals.<\/p>\n

“We have a template here at Tampa General,” Kennedy said. “We can say if they did it, you can do it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/rfk-jr-hails-first-us-hospital-promise-healthier-meals-we-have-template <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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