NCT05346315

Food as Medicine Study

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Led Food as Medicine Program in the Food Retail Setting: A Feasibility Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate proof of concept that registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) can implement a Food as Medicine program that utilizes a grocery E-commerce platform in a food retail setting, and the process of measuring the outcomes is feasible.

Detailed description

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Data Science Center (DSC) will implement the proposed prospective feasibility study. The study aims to measure change in nutrition problems, eating patterns, food purchasing patterns and health outcomes of participants who have agreed to receive a 6-month RDN-led Food as Medicine intervention program in the food retail setting. The intervention will be provided to all study participants and change will be evaluated in participants by comparing data at baseline and endline. The Food as Medicine intervention program will consist of: * Personalized nutrition counseling (delivered in-person or telehealth, depending on preferences of the participant) by Hy-Vee RDNs. * Personalized meal plans (based on program participants' individual anthropometrics, disease state, health goals, culture, food allergies / intolerances and eating preferences). The meal plans will be generated by the nutrition technology software, NutriStyle. * Personalized shopping lists generated by a nutrition technology software (NutriStyle) and utilized for in-store grocery shopping, online grocery pick-up or online grocery delivery.

Conditions

• Nutrition Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	RDN Medical Nutrition Therapy	The RDNs will provide bi-monthly nutrition care, counseling, and dietary recommendations for a 6-month intervention, delivered either in-person or via telehealth, to the grocery store patrons during the study intervention. The RDN will provided care to the participant based upon the participant's unique dietary and nutritional needs. The RDN will provide nutrition recommendations and create meal plans via NutriStyle for the participants to follow. The meal plans will be uploaded into the grocery store's E-commerce shopping platform, which the participant can utilize to purchase foods that are needed to follow the RDNs nutrition recommendations for an individual person.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-18
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-11-01
• First posted: 2022-04-26
• Last updated: 2023-02-13

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States