ArticleBMC nutrition2024
Health outcomes reported by healthcare providers and clients of a community-based medically tailored meal program.
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- "It's No Choking Matter!": The Search for Evidence Relating to Home-Delivered, Texture-Modified Meals - A Systematic Literature Review.Current nutrition reports · 2026Pooled it
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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
- Structural readiness of CBOs to address health-related social needs in chronic disease management programs.BMC health services research · 2026Review
- Developing a Community-Driven, Locally Sourced Medically Tailored Meal Model: A Pilot Linking Healthcare, Farmers, and Patients.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Digital and Technology-Based Nutrition Interventions, Including Medically Tailored Meals (MTMs) for Older Adults in the U.S.-A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Community meal services for older adults and healthy aging: a structural equation modeling study in Nanjing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Shipped Medically Tailored Meal Pilot Intervention.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2026Article
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- Estimated Impact Of Medically Tailored Meals On Health Care Use And Expenditures In 50 US States.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedically tailored meal (MTM) programs provide home-delivered meals to people living with serious illness and poor nutritional status. Client outcome studies have found evidence of decreased healthcare utilization and cost savings associated with MTM program participation, and inconclusive evidence of change in health measures. The purpose of this study was to use a novel observational framework to describe the client profile and change in health outcomes using routinely collected health and program data from a community-based MTM program at MANNA (Philadelphia, PA).
methodsClients reported their self-rated health and experiences of food insecurity and malnutrition. Healthcare providers reported clients' body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and hemoglobin A1C. These health outcomes, measured at program intake and 3-6 months later, were linked with administrative data for 1,959 clients who completed at least two months of MTM services in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
resultsClients exhibited substantial heterogeneity in demographics and health status at intake. Self-reported malnutrition risk decreased significantly over program duration (p < .001). Nearly one-third of clients with poor health reported improvement over time. Over 60% of clients with obesity experienced stable BMI. Clients with hypertension experienced significant improvements in systolic blood pressure (p < .001). Clients with diabetes and available data (n = 45) demonstrated significant reduction in hemoglobin A1C (p = .005).
conclusionWe found evidence that participation in MANNA's MTM program was associated with favorable health outcomes for clients with serious illness and nutritional risk. Community-based organizations can maximize the completeness of their data by focusing on routinely collected internal data like validated health screeners and surveys.
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