{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(23)"],"submitter":["Miguel-Berges ML"],"pubmed_abstract":["Cost has been reported as the main barrier to healthy eating in vulnerable groups. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education intervention on adherence to Mediterranean Diet and health when providing food vouchers. This pilot study has a randomized control trial design. We included 66 vulnerable users from the Red Cross of Zaragoza (Spain). Intervention and control group individuals received 120 euros/month of food vouchers over 3 months to be spent in supermarkets (60 euros/month if under 12 y) plus a 10-week nutrition education program for the intervention group. Family food purchases were assessed using electronically recorded supermarket-obtained transactions. During and at the end of the intervention the percentage of healthy food was higher in the intervention than in t"],"journal":["Nutrients"],"pagination":["4980"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9739317"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Effect of Food Vouchers and an Educational Intervention on Promoting Healthy Eating in Vulnerable Families: A Pilot Study."],"pmcid":["PMC9739317"],"pubmed_authors":["Miguel-Berges ML","Rodriguez G","Moreno LA","Iguacel I","Larruy-Garcia A","Jimeno-Martinez A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Effect of Food Vouchers and an Educational Intervention on Promoting Healthy Eating in Vulnerable Families: A Pilot Study.","description":"Cost has been reported as the main barrier to healthy eating in vulnerable groups. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education intervention on adherence to Mediterranean Diet and health when providing food vouchers. This pilot study has a randomized control trial design. We included 66 vulnerable users from the Red Cross of Zaragoza (Spain). Intervention and control group individuals received 120 euros/month of food vouchers over 3 months to be spent in supermarkets (60 euros/month if under 12 y) plus a 10-week nutrition education program for the intervention group. Family food purchases were assessed using electronically recorded supermarket-obtained transactions. During and at the end of the intervention the percentage of healthy food was higher in the intervention than in t","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-20T03:32:12.116Z","creation":"2025-04-20T03:32:12.116Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9739317","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36501009"],"doi":["10.3390/nu14234980"]}}