Health Center-Based Community-Supported Agriculture: An RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Socioeconomically vulnerable individuals often face poor access to nutritious food and bear a disproportionate burden of diet-related chronic illness. This study tested whether a subsidized community-supported agriculture intervention could improve diet quality.

Study design

An RCT was conducted from May 2017 to December 2018 (data analyzed in 2019).

Setting/participants

Adults with a BMI >25 kg/m² seen at a community health center in central Massachusetts, or who lived in the surrounding county, were eligible.

Intervention

Individuals were randomized to receive either subsidized community-supported agriculture membership (which provided a weekly farm produce pickup from June to November) or healthy eating information (control group). Fo

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874748 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature