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Food is Medicine Intervention for Blood Pressure and Weight Control

This study is testing a "Food is Medicine" (FIM+DASH) program to help adults with high blood pressure (hypertension) and obesity. The program involves culinary (cooking) skill-building sessions and home delivery of healthy, DASH-friendly meals. Researchers want to see if FIM+DASH is better than usual medical care at lowering blood pressure, improving diet, and reducing weight and waist size. You might be able to join if you are an adult aged 18 or older with high blood pressure and a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.

Study design
This study plans to enroll 150 participants who will be randomly assigned to either the FIM+DASH program or usual care.
What's involved
If you are in the FIM+DASH group, you will participate in 8 in-person and remote culinary skill-building sessions over 12 weeks, along with weekly home food delivery. All participants will have scheduled data-collection visits over 24 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your blood pressure will be measured at 12 weeks and 24 weeks after starting the study.

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NCT07332741

FIM+DASH: Food is Medicine Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating and Blood Pressure Control

Recruiting
PHASE2All AgesInterventionalPrevention
University of Illinois at Chicago
~150 participants
Updated 2026-07-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:FIM intervention armFIM Usual Care Arm

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 4 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Systolic and diastolic changes from baseline to 12 weeks and 24 weeks
Measured over Baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks

Conditions

Hypertension
Hypertension (HTN)
Obesity & Overweight

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HypertensionObesity

Where it's being run

4 sites across 1 states
Illinois4

Who to contact

PI
[email protected]
312-355-2125
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adults aged ≥18 years; diagnosis of hypertension in Electronic health record or most recent clinic blood pressure meeting inclusion thresholds (systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mmHg); BMI ≥30 kg/m²; able and willing to complete survey instruments and assessment procedures; able to speak/read English; access to a smartphone with text-messaging capability.

Exclusion

inability to speak/read English; cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent or participation; severe food allergies or medically necessary dietary restrictions that would preclude adoption of a DASH eating pattern; inability to cook at home; current treatment for cancer; self-reported history of a recent major cardiovascular event within the past 12 months (myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, cardiac surgery, or hypertensive emergency); known advanced liver or renal disease; severe mental illness that would preclude participation; pregnancy. Individuals with lactose intolerance will not be excluded because low-lactose alternatives are available within the intervention.

What this trial measures

  • Systolic and diastolic changes from baseline to 12 weeks and 24 weeksBaseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks

    systolic and diastolic blood pressure