March 2026 Directors’ Message
Happy National Nutrition Month from ICON-Health!
This month offers an opportunity to highlight how nutrition shapes the health, resilience, and prosperity for all of our communities – and the role of FSU faculty in making nutrition the solution to well-being. At ICON-Health, we see this month as a celebration of healthy eating, and as a call to action to leverage nutrition science as a real solution to some of our most pressing health challenges. However, there is still much critical fundamental, translational, and implementation research needed to realize the full benefit of the food we eat. Diet-related chronic diseases remain the leading causes of illness and death, yet they are also among the most preventable. This month, we are recommitting the idea that what and how we eat can change the trajectory of health across the lifespan, across Florida, and across the nation.
Every eating occasion is an opportunity to support better health; every research study is an opportunity to close a critical knowledge gap; and every partnership is an opportunity to reach people where they live, learn, work, and receive care.
National Nutrition Month is also a chance to recognize the incredible expertise and dedication of the faculty, staff, students, and community partners who drive this work forward. As we observe National Nutrition Month, we encourage everyone to reflect on the role that food plays in our lives and in the lives of those we serve.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is celebrating the Power of Nutrition this year, to read more about their campaign click here.
At ICON-Health, we believe that making food part of the solution is not just an aspiration - it is our responsibility and our opportunity.
Regan Bailey & Patrick Stover
Dr. Regan Bailey
Director, Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health (ICON-Health)
Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine
Dr. Patrick Stover
Director, Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health (ICON-Health)
Professor, Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine