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Brighter Bites/Legacy Produce Rx Program for Child Obesity

This study is looking at whether a program providing fresh fruits and vegetables can help improve the health of teenagers with obesity. You might be able to join if you are 12-17 years old, a patient at a Legacy Community Health School-based clinic in Galena Park, Texas, have a BMI (Body Mass Index) at or above the 85th percentile, and live near the Houston Food Bank. Participants in the "Produce Prescription Group" will receive 16 bags of fruits and vegetables delivered to their homes. The study will measure changes in BMI, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure over 32 weeks to see if the program is successful. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 600 participants. It compares a group receiving produce prescriptions to a control group with similar demographic characteristics.
What's involved
Participants in the Produce Prescription Group will receive 16 produce bags delivered to their homes. Measurements for BMI and blood pressure will be taken at the beginning and after 32 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 32 weeks after the start of the study to measure changes in BMI and blood pressure.

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NCT06407284

Brighter Bites/Legacy Produce Rx Program

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 12–17InterventionalTreatment
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
~600 participants
Updated 2025-01-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Produce Prescription GroupControl Group

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in body mass index (BMI)
Measured over baseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)
+6 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Child Obesity

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Obesity

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Ru-Jye Chuang, DrPH, M.S. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Who to contact

Ru-Jye Chuang, DrPH, M.S.
[email protected]
713-500-9244
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Must be a patient at one of the four Legacy Community Health School-based clinics in Galena Park, Texas
BMI greater than or equal to 85th percentile
reside within a 10-mile radius of Houston Food Bank
Medicaid recipients or low-income uninsured
parents must be able to read and write in English or Spanish to complete surveys
patient and parents must confirm their willingness to complete the participant's well-child visit for the entire period of the study (approximately one year).

Exclusion

currently participating in Brighter Bites
with a family member/sibling currently participating in Brighter Bites

What this trial measures

  • Change in body mass index (BMI)baseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in systolic blood pressurebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in diastolic blood pressurebaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in hemoglobin A1c as assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in Aspartate transaminase (AST) assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in Alanine transaminase (ALT) assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.

  • Change in lipid panels assessed by blood workbaseline , post intervention (32 weeks after baseline)

    This will be collected from chart reviews as these measures are routinely collected for all pediatric patients in this weight classification based on the American Association of Pediatric recommendations.