Medically Tailored Meal Delivery for Diabetes Patients with Food Insecurity: a Randomized Cross-over Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity, defined as inconsistent food access owing to cost, leads to poor health.

Objective

To test whether a medically tailored meal delivery program improved dietary quality in individuals with type 2 diabetes and food insecurity.

Design

Randomized cross-over clinical trial.

Participants

Forty-four adults with diabetes, hemoglobin A1c > 8.0%, and food insecurity (defined as at least one positive item on the two-item "Hunger Vital Sign").

Intervention

In the Community Servings: Food as Medicine for Diabetes cross-over clinical trial (NCT02426138), conducted from June 2015 to July 2017, we randomly assigned the order of "on-meals" (home delivery of 10 meals/week for 12 weeks delivered by Community Servings, a non-profit organization) a

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420590 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature