Food Prescriptions to Promote Affordable Diets

This study, called FoodRx, is testing a new way to help multi-generational Latino families eat healthier and lose weight. It provides weekly meal plans, recipes, and the groceries needed to prepare these meals. The goal is to see if this support can help families achieve weight loss and improve their diet quality over about one year. To join, your household needs to be Latino and multi-generational (including children, adults, and possibly seniors), with 3-5 residents. At least two adults in the household must have a BMI (Body Mass Index, a measure of body fat based on height and weight) over 27 kg/m2 and want to lose weight, and there must be at least one child under 18. The study status is currently unclear.

Study design: This is a randomized controlled trial involving 720 participants from 180 Latino households. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive the FoodRx intervention or be in a wait-list group.
What's involved: Participants will receive weekly meal plans, recipes, and grocery deliveries for six months. The study will measure weight loss and dietary quality for about one year.
Compensation: Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up: Participants will be followed through study completion, which is an average of one year.

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Food Prescriptions to Promote Affordable Diets

Recruiting

PHASE3Ages 2+InterventionalTreatment

Kaiser Permanente

~720 participants

Updated 2025-04-29 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What's tested:FoodRx

At a glance

Recruiting sites

1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now

RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open

What they're measuring

Weight loss

Measured over through study completion, an average of 1 year

+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Diet, Healthy

Overweight and Obesity

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states

California1

Study leadership

Deborah A Cohen, MD,MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Kaiser Permanente

Who to contact

Deborah A Cohen, MD, MPH

[email protected]

3107953960

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Multigenerational Latino household that has at least 2 adults with a BMI \>27 kg/m2 and who both want to lose weight and at least one child under age 18; \[Multi-generational is defined as having household members in two or three age groups: a) less than 18 years; b) 18-64 years; c) 65 years or older\]; The household should have between 3-5 residents.

Owns at least 1 smart phone, tablet or computer or has internet access;

No dietary exclusions or medical conditions (e.g. chronic kidney disease, or using insulin (those with type 2 diabetes mellitus without needing insulin can participate)

Plans to stay in the area for 12 months;

Must not be using medications that interfere with weight loss (e.g., steroids, certain anti-depressants, anti-seizure medications),

Willing to pay for groceries

If on Calfresh, must be willing to pick up groceries at the store.

Exclusion

Chronic kidney disease,

insulin dependent diabetes,

dietary exclusions that are inconsistent with menus

What this trial measures

Weight lossthrough study completion, an average of 1 year
Changes in BMI
Changes in dietary qualitythrough study completion, an average of 1 year
Participants will complete the ASA24-2020

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