Evaluating the impact of a full-service mobile food market on food security, diet quality and food purchases: a cluster randomised trial protocol and design paper.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mobile food markets may help to mitigate diet-related and weight-related inequities by bringing low-cost, nutritious food directly to underserved populations. By stocking foods to meet a range of dietary needs, full-service mobile markets may improve multiple aspects of diet, food security and fruit and vegetable procurement with a convenient one-stop shop.

Methods and analysis

This cluster randomised trial is evaluating the impact of a full-service mobile market, the Twin Cities Mobile Market (TCMM). The TCMM sells staple foods at affordable prices from a retrofitted bus that regularly visits communities experiencing low incomes. The trial's primary outcome is participant diet quality. Secondary outcomes include intake of specific foods and nutrients, food secu

SUBMITTER: Horning ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature