12/26/2023
Key Points
Question Among patients with diabetes who are food insecure, does an intensive food-as-medicine program that provides healthy groceries plus dietitian consultations, education, and health coaching improve glycemic control compared with usual care?
Findings In this randomized clinical trial of 465 adults who were provided access to a food-as-medicine program, hemoglobin A1c levels did not improve among those who had access to the program compared with a control group; however, their engagement with preventive health care increased as designed.
Meaning Because this intensive food-as-medicine program did not improve glycemic control, these results suggest that further efforts are needed to understand how programs that address food insecurity can improve health.
