Economos Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

A multilevel community engaged intervention to build a sustainable and equitable food economy with food is medicine offerings in the Mississippi Delta to improve minority health and reduce disparities

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The goal of this project is to test whether a multi-level, community-engaged intervention to build a sustainable food economy with food-is-medicine programs in the Mississippi Delta can improve minority health and reduce health disparities. Our central hypothesis is that an intervention developed with active community engagement to increase local production and distribution of fruits and vegetables (FV), will increase FV consumption and decrease body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and health disparities among participating adults compared to control participants over a 12-month study period. Aim 1: To design a novel intervention that bolsters the local…

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