Food Prescriptions to Promote Affordable Diets

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age2+
SponsorKaiser Permanente

About this trial

This is an Randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact of meal planning and affordable grocery delivery on weight loss, dietary quality and health on members of multigenerational Latino households.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Multigenerational Latino household that has at least 2 adults with a BMI >27 kg/m2 and who both want to lose weight and at least one child under age 18; [Multi-generational is defined as having household members in two or three age groups: a) less than 18 years; b) 18-64 years; c) 65 years or older]; The household should have between 3-5 residents.

Owns at least 1 smart phone, tablet or computer or has internet access;

No dietary exclusions or medical conditions (e.g. chronic kidney disease, or using insulin (those with type 2 diabetes mellitus without needing insulin can participate)

Plans to stay in the area for 12 months;

Disqualifiers

Chronic kidney disease,

insulin dependent diabetes,

dietary exclusions that are inconsistent with menus

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • FoodRx

Treatment groups

720 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Kaiser Permanente

Lead sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Collaborator

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Collaborator