U.S., July 30 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07091539) titled 'Food Insecurity and MASLD: A Fruit and Vegetable Intervention Study' on July 22.
Brief Summary: This proposal addresses a critical gap in our understanding of the impact of household food insecurity (FI) on pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) severity. Evidence from adult studies link household FI to MASLD and liver fibrosis, and prior research of the PI has shown that exposure to household FI in early childhood was associated with a nearly 4 times increased odds of pediatric MASLD in middle childhood. Possible mechanisms linking household FI to pediatric MASLD include lower intake of fruits an...