Let’s put the best fork forward in March, which is National Nutrition Month. The objective of National Nutrition Month is to encourage Americans to focus on eating healthy and to promote living a healthy lifestyle throughout the whole year. National Nutrition Month began in 1973 as a weeklong initiative led by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. After six years, it has evolved into a month-long campaign.

It is the goal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to promote informed food choices and establish beneficial eating and physical activity habits. Increasing public awareness will help people be more proactive in decreasing the risk of diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and hypertension. National Nutrition Month is an awareness vehicle to inform the public and the media that the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the most valuable and credible source of food and nutrition information.