Weekly Family Food Packages: Food is Medicine

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Food Insecurity; Overweight; Cardiometabolic Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Weekly Family Food Packages; Behavioral: Family Health Group Sessions

• Registration Number: NCT05640414
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

The specific aims and objectives of this proposal are to:

1. Evaluate a food pantry's weekly food distribution impact on behavioral, social and health outcomes in families.

2. In a subset of families with a child aged 6-17 years, test a pilot intervention offering the following components, with a goal of improving family behavioral, social and health outcomes:

1. Weekly family food packages from the Revere Food Pantry

2. 6-Monthly group sessions that include information on healthy behaviors, chronic disease management and teaching families how to prepare simple recipes based on the food they receive that week from the food pantry.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-03
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-07
• Study Start: 2023-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-03
• Study Completion: 2025-03-03
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 132

Inclusion Criteria

• Referral to the food pantry

Additional inclusion criteria for Group Sessions:

• Family has a child aged 6-17 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able to speak English or Spanish

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Family Health Group Sessions	Weekly Family Food Packages	-
Weekly Family Food Packages	Weekly Family Food Packages	-
Family Health Group Sessions	Family Health Group Sessions	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in BMI at 6 months	0-6 months	Weight in kg and height in meters will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2, as reported in the electronic health record
Change in Diet Quality at 3 months	0-3 months	Diet quality assessed by an abbreviated food frequency questionnaire
Change in Food Insecurity Status at 3 months	0-3 months	Food insecurity status assessed by the Hunger Vital Signs questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Binge Eating Symptoms at 3 months	0-3 months	Binge eating symptoms assessed by questionnaire
Change in Blood Pressure at 6 months	0-6 months	Blood pressure as reported in the electronic health record
Change in Physical Activity at 3 months	0-3 months	Physical activity as reported by questionnaire
Change in Screen Time at 3 months	0-3 months	Screen time as reported by questionnaire
Change in Sleep at 3 months	0-3 months	Sleep duration as reported by questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MGH Revere HealthCare Center; 🇺🇸 Revere, Massachusetts, United States