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Brighter Bites/Legacy Produce Rx Program
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the produce prescription program at improving weight status and obesity-related health outcomes of participants, to examine the impacts of the program on household food insecurity and nutrition security, to examine the impacts of the program on participating adolescents' dietary behavioral outcomes, their home nutrition environment and feeding practices and to examine the impacts of the program in reducing healthcare use and associated costs
Official title: Brighter Bites & Legacy Community Health Produce Rx: Evaluating the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a School-based Clinical Nutrition Program With Produce Prescription
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
12 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
600
Start Date
2025-01-15
Completion Date
2026-08-31
Last Updated
2025-01-10
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Produce Prescription Group
Participants will receive 16 produce bags, each containing approximately 50 servings of F\&V. The produce bags will be assembled by Brighter Bites at school sites using donated produce and delivered to houses using DoorDash. F\&V bags will be distributed to families every 2 weeks for 16 distributions (over approximately 32 weeks). Participants will also receive nutrition education, including MyPlate.gov's Start Simple App for adolescents, and a Virtual Culinary Medicine Program for parents; these nutrition education programs are theory-driven, tailored to diverse populations, and proven to support behavior change.
Control Group
Participants in this group will be selected from de-identified Electronic Health Record (EHR) provided by Legacy Community Health with a 1-to-1 match to the intervention group participant's demographic characteristics and Medicaid eligibility.
Locations (1)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States