Impact of Enhanced Food Pantry Services on Food Security among Adults with Diabetes Using a Crossover Study Design.

ABSTRACT: Food banks and pantries provide food to millions of food-insecure households each year. However, there has been limited research to understand the extent to which they improve food security. This is a secondary, prespecified analysis of a randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02569060). We examined whether an enhanced food bank intervention impacted the food security status of adults with diabetes. Using a crossover design, participants (n = 568) were randomly assigned to receive the intervention (usual pantry services plus twice-monthly diabetes-specific food boxes, diabetes self-management education, health care referrals, and glucose monitoring) or 6 mo of usual services. Results demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in food insecurity among partici

SUBMITTER: Seligman HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8989277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature