ArticleBMJ nutrition, prevention & health2020
Farming for life: impact of medical prescriptions for fresh vegetables on cardiometabolic health for adults with or at risk of type 2 diabetes in a predominantly Mexican-American population.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Farming for Life - a Program to Prescribe Fresh Organic Vegetables for Adults Living With or at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
Salud Diabetes: A Pilot Study Comparing Lifestyle Interventions and Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Predominantly Hispanic/Latino Adults With Non-Insulin Treated Type 2 Diabetes And An HbA1c > 9%
PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test Study to Address Food Security and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Rural North Carolina
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dietary, Food Security and Diabetes Outcomes Associated with Food Is Medicine Programs among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in the United States: A Rapid Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Literature Review of Nutrition Interventions Implemented to Address Food Insecurity as a Social Determinant of Health.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of food prescription programs on chronic disease management in primarily low-income populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nutrition and health · 2022Pooled it
- Feasibility and Effects of a Produce Prescription Program (PRx) in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Low Socioeconomic Status: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Trial
- Predictors of Voucher Redemption in Produce Prescription Programs in a Primarily Low-Income Population With Type 2 Diabetes.Preventing chronic disease · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Produce Prescription Program Enrollment and Benefit Use among Patients with Diabetes and at Risk for Food Insecurity.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Food insecurity patterns and mental health among youth and young adults with diabetes.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2025Article
- Addressing cost barriers to healthy eating with Eat Well, a prescription produce subsidy, for patients with diabetes and at risk for food insecurity: Study protocol for a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Evaluating HbAScientific reports · 2024Article
- A probabilistic computation framework to estimate the dawn phenomenon in type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Current State of Food Prescriptions Used to Treat Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the US Adult Population.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Food insecurity, SNAP participation and glycemic control in low-income adults with predominantly type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis using NHANES 2007-2018 data.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2023Article
- Barriers and Solutions to Trends and Disparities in Glycemic Control and Severe Hyperglycemia Among US Adults With Diabetes Using Insulin From 1988 to 2020.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2023Article
- Clinical outcomes of a large-scale, partnership-based regional food prescription program: results of a quasi-experimental study.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- Community-based fruit and vegetable prescription programs: a scoping review.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
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- Improved Time in Range During 28 Days of Meal Delivery for People With Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2022Article
- Diabetes Technology Meeting 2020.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2021Article
- Dysglycemia in adults at risk for or living with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: Insights from continuous glucose monitoring.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionPoor diet is the leading cause of poor health in USA, with fresh vegetable consumption below recommended levels. We aimed to assess the impact of medical prescriptions for fresh (defined as picked within 72 hours) vegetables, at no cost to participants on cardiometabolic outcomes among adults (predominantly Mexican-American women) with or at risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
methodsBetween February 2019 and March 2020, 159 participants (122 female, 75% of Mexican heritage, 31% with non-insulin treated T2D, age 52.5 (13.2) years) were recruited using community outreach materials in English and Spanish, and received prescriptions for 21 servings/week of fresh vegetable for 10 weeks. Pre-post comparisons were made of weight; waist circumference; blood pressure; Hemoglobin A
resultsPaired data were available for 131 participants. Over 3 months, waist circumference fell (-0.77 (95% CI -1.42 to 0.12) cm, p=0.022), as did systolic blood pressure (SBP) (-2.42 (95% CI -4.56 to 0.28) mm Hg, p=0.037), which was greater among individuals with baseline SBP >130 mm Hg (-7.5 (95% CI -12.4 to 2.6) mm Hg, p=0.005). Weight reduced by -0.4 (-0.7 to -0.04) kg, p=0.029 among women. For participants with baseline HbA
conclusionsMedical prescriptions for fresh vegetables were associated with clinically relevant improvements in cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life variables (sleep, mood and pain level) in adults (predominantly Mexican-American and female) with or at risk of T2D. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03940300.
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