Food and Resources Expanded to Support Health and Type 2 Diabetes (FRESH-T2DM)
Food insecurity, poor nutrition, and economic disadvantage are critical social determinants of health that contribute to disparities in type 2 diabetes mellitus, a serious diet-sensitive chronic disease affecting more than 20% of food insecure adults. There is a demonstrable need for food-focused interventions to address the diet quality of persons with, or at risk of, diabetes. The FRESH intervention is a medically tailored grocery intervention consisting of bimonthly food provision, a series of recipes that feature FRESH-T2DM foods, diabetes self-management education resources; and four, 30-minute visits with a Federally Qualified Health Center Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator who will help participants utilize FRESH resources to meet personalized treatment goals. Completion of our study will bring us closer to our long-term goal of a tested, efficacious model of diabetes care coordinated across Federally Qualified Health Centers and food bank networks.
This work is supported by the National Institute Of Diabetes and Digestive And Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01DK132300.
