Clinical Trial: A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina

U.S., Oct. 28 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07221045) titled 'A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina' on Oct. 20.

Brief Summary: Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic disparities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project. Thus, this study, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce presc...