Brighter Bites & University of Texas Physicians Produce Rx: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Prospective Clinical Nutrition Study With Produce Prescriptions
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Enrollment
- 150
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the effectiveness of an at-home produce delivery prescription or grocery store vouchers prescription at improving weight status and obesity-related health outcomes of participants across the two clinics as compared to a control group and to examine the impacts of the program on child dietary behavioral outcomes (child fruit and vegetable intake, junk food consumption, and eating at any type of restaurant), and parent feeding practices (preparing foods from scratch, use of nutrition facts labels to make purchasing decisions, and eating meals with their referent child)
Investigators
Christine Markham
Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •reside within a 10-mile radius of a Brighter Bites school
- •Medicaid recipients or low-income uninsured
- •parents must be able to read and write in English or Spanish to complete surveys
Exclusion Criteria
- •currently participating in Brighter Bites
- •with a family member/sibling currently participating in Brighter Bites
- •child is currently attending a school that offers Brighter Bites
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in hemoglobin A1c
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in Aspartate transaminase (AST)
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in Body Mass Index (BMI)
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in systolic blood pressure
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in Lipid panel
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Change in diastolic blood pressure
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months after baseline
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in amount of fruit and vegetable intake(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)
- Change in number of times subject eats out at restaurants(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)
- Change in amount of junk food consumed(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)
- Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has used nutrition facts labels to make purchasing decisions(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)
- Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has eaten meals with their referent child(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)
- Change in parent feeding practices as assessed by the number of times parent has cooked food from scratch(Baseline, 9 months after baseline)