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ArticleBMC nutrition2024

Serving up FLAN. a food literacy and nutrition intervention to fend off food insecurity.

Michael F Royer, Michelle E Hauser, Astrid N Zamora, Maria Ines Campero, Dulce Garcia, Martha Gabaray, Jylana L Sheats, Abby C King

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Article in BMC nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02111213 (Virtual Advisors for Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved Communities), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Virtual Advisors for Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved Communities

TypeinterventionalSponsorStanford UniversityRan2014 to 2018Enrolled245ConditionsSedentary LifestyleArmsVirtual Advisor, Promotora for physical activity
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8 authors.

Michael F RoyerStanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. mfroyer@stanford.edu.
Michelle E HauserDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Astrid N ZamoraStanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Maria Ines CamperoDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Dulce GarciaDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Martha GabarayStanford Medicine Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Jylana L SheatsTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Abby C KingStanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Funding

Training CoreU54EB020405 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DELP, SCOTT L · 2014 to 2018
$11.6M
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL007034 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GARDNER, CHRISTOPHER D · 1985 to 2020
$8.7M
Virtual Advisors for Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved CommunitiesR01HL116448 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BICKMORE, TIMOTHY W., KING, ABBY C · 2013 to 2016
$3.0M
National Center for Mobility Data Integration and Insight 1U54EB020405NHLBI NIH HHS 5R01HL116448NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116448NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007034NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB020405NIH HHS 5T32HL007034-39
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Abstract

backgroundFood insecurity, an ongoing and accelerating problem in the U.S., is an economic and social condition involving limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Some of the highest rates of food insecurity in 2022 were found among individuals who were Hispanic/Latinx (20.8%), a population that already faces disproportionate health and socioeconomic disadvantages. There remains an urgent health-related need to identify sustainable strategies to prevent food insecurity in the Latinx population.

methodsA first-generation pilot investigation was conducted using data derived from a sub-study connected to the Computerized Physical Activity Support for Seniors (COMPASS) Trial, a 12-month cluster-randomized controlled trial among older Latinx adults. The sub-study focused on two nutrition interventions that included (1) the Food Literacy and Nutrition (FLAN) curriculum, and (2) a nutrition information-only control. Research hypotheses aimed to determine whether the FLAN intervention reduced food insecurity and increased daily fruit and vegetable servings.

resultsOn average, participants (n = 39) were 61.5 years of age (SD = 6.7), mostly female (69%), and reported Spanish as their primary language (69%). The FLAN intervention was associated with decreased odds of food insecurity at 12 months (AOR = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.54, 0.95; p = 0.03) when compared to the nutrition-information only control intervention. Although no between-group differences in daily fruit and vegetable servings were found, there was a significant correlation between changes in daily fruit and vegetable servings from baseline to six months and changes in food insecurity from baseline to 12 months (r = -0.51, p = 0.01).

conclusionsThe FLAN intervention, a bilingual and culturally tailored educational curriculum, yielded 12-month improvements in food security among a small sample of older Latinx adults. Evidence from this investigation highlights the potential utility of implementing the FLAN curriculum among individuals who are at an increased risk of food insecurity. Further investigation in a larger sample is merited to determine whether the 12-month decreases in food insecurity that were produced by the FLAN intervention can be replicated.

trial registrationClinicalTrials gov Identifier: NCT02111213. Registered on 04/02/2014.

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EducationFood insecurityFood literacyFruit and vegetableHispanicInterventionLatinxNutritionPilotRandomized controlled trial

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PMID39044224
PMCPMC11264464

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