Addressing Food Insecurity: Plant-Based Food Prescription Program

Last updated: February 25, 2025
Sponsor: University of Miami
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Diet And Nutrition

Weight Loss

Treatment

Plant-Based Nutrition Education

Plant-Based Food Provision (with or without food prescription)

Clinical Study ID

NCT06614920
20240753
  • Ages < 99
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

Reduce food insecurity by improving plant-based health food consumption, access, health and nutrition literacy and the health of the food-insecure families we serve.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants will be all ages 0-99 (all arms)

  • Families living under the federal poverty line AND who have food insecurity (allarms except Arm 2 which can include families with income above the federal povertyline who do not have food insecurity).

  • Families cared for in either the Pediatric Mobile Clinic, Pediatric, FamilyMedicine, Internal Medicine or Med-Peds primary care clinics in the UHealth/JacksonHealth System/Dade County Street Response.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Families who are not under the federal poverty line AND are not food insecure (allarms except Arm 2, which will include participants of all socioeconomic statuses andregardless of food security status, with no exclusion criteria in this category).

  • Families who are not actively receiving outpatient primary care (all arms).

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Plant-Based Nutrition Education
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 09, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Freedom Lab 4300 NW 12th Ave

    Miami, Florida 33127
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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