ArticleBMC nutrition2022
The impact of medically tailored meals and nutrition therapy on biometric and dietary outcomes among food-insecure patients with congestive heart failure: a matched cohort study.
Article in BMC nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06460272 (NOURISH HEARTS), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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NOURISH HEARTS: Nutrition Outreach and Understanding: Research In Serving Hearts Through Healthy Eating And Tailored Support
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Nutrition and Culinary Education in Food Is Medicine Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Article
- Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Shipped Medically Tailored Meal Pilot Intervention.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2026Article
- Why patients stay in or leave a medically tailored meals program: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Frequency of Attendance to a Behavioral Intervention on Health-related Outcomes in a Multicomponent Food as Medicine Intervention.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2025Article
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- Facilitators and barriers to reach and enrollment into a medically tailored meals program within a section 1115 Medicaid pilot: clinic staff perspectives.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Health outcomes reported by healthcare providers and clients of a community-based medically tailored meal program.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Experiences accessing nutritious foods and perceptions of nutritional support needs among pregnant and post-partum mothers with low income in the United States.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Using Community-Based Participatory Research Methods to Inform the Development of Medically Tailored Food Kits for Hispanic/Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the impact of home-delivered, medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy among food-insecure patients following hospitalization for congestive heart failure by comparing clinical outcomes to a retrospectively matched cohort.
methodsPatients at high risk for readmission and food insecurity received up to three months of medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy after discharge. Pre-intervention and post-intervention weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and dietary intake were assessed. A combination of difference-in-difference and logistic regression models were used to compare changes between cohorts and evaluate impact attributable to the program.
resultsThirty-nine program participants were compared to a matched cohort of 117 unexposed patients. Participants experienced a marginal reduction in body mass index and an increase in systolic and diastolic blood pressure; however, these results were not statistically significant. To determine relevance to clinical cut-offs, logistic regressions were used, demonstrating that exposure to the intervention resulted in higher odds of a categorical reduction in blood pressure (OR: 1.85), though this did not reach statistical significance (95% CI: 0.67-5.32). Pre vs. post trends indicated that more-healthful foods and drinks increased numerically or remained similar to baseline, while less-healthful foods decreased numerically or remained similar to baseline. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: These findings highlight the need for more longitudinal research on medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy interventions using clinical outcomes while setting realistic suggestions for program implementation. This study additionally illustrates the promise of integrating electronic medical record data and matched cohorts into medical nutrition program evaluation within the health sector.
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