NIH R01 · 2025
Food insecurity is a major social determinant of health that impacts nearly 20% of youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Food insecurity contributes to a number of negative T1D health, dietary, and psychosocial outcomes among youth and their families. Food prescription (Food Rx) programs, which are partnerships between community-based food access programs and healthcare settings to provide healthful food to individuals with chronic health conditions, have strong potential to improve health, dietary, and psychosocial outcomes of youth with T1D. Indeed, Food Rx combined with a healthy eating intervention delivered by Community Health Workers (CHW) has been associated with improved glycemic…
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