Weekly Family Food Packages: Food is Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital132 enrolled

Overview

The specific aims and objectives of this proposal are to: 1. Evaluate a food pantry's weekly food distribution impact on behavioral, social and health outcomes in families. 2. In a subset of families with a child aged 6-17 years, test a pilot intervention offering the following components, with a goal of improving family behavioral, social and health outcomes: 1. Weekly family food packages from the Revere Food Pantry 2. 6-Monthly group sessions that include information on healthy behaviors, chronic disease management and teaching families how to prepare simple recipes based on the food they receive that week from the food pantry.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

132

Conditions

Food Insecurity Overweight Obesity Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Weekly Family Food PackagesOTHER

Families receive weekly family food packages for 6 months

Family Health Group SessionsBEHAVIORAL

Families with children aged 6-17 years attend 6 monthly group sessions with cooking demonstrations

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Referral to the food pantry Additional inclusion criteria for Group Sessions: \- Family has a child aged 6-17 years Exclusion Criteria: \- Not able to speak English or Spanish

Locations (1)

MGH Revere HealthCare Center

Revere, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in BMI at 6 months

Weight in kg and height in meters will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2, as reported in the electronic health record

Time frame: 0-6 months

Change in Food Insecurity Status at 3 months

Food insecurity status assessed by the Hunger Vital Signs questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

Change in Diet Quality at 3 months

Diet quality assessed by an abbreviated food frequency questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Change in Binge Eating Symptoms at 3 months

Binge eating symptoms assessed by questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

Change in Blood Pressure at 6 months

Blood pressure as reported in the electronic health record

Time frame: 0-6 months

Change in Sleep at 3 months

Sleep duration as reported by questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

Change in Physical Activity at 3 months

Physical activity as reported by questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

Change in Screen Time at 3 months

Screen time as reported by questionnaire

Time frame: 0-3 months

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Weekly Family Food Packages: Food is Medicine

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

Locations (1)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes