Brighter Bites & UT Physicians Produce Rx Program

Summary

The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the effectiveness of an at-home produce delivery prescription or grocery store vouchers prescription at improving weight status and obesity-related health outcomes of participants across the two clinics as compared to a control group and to examine the impacts of the program on child dietary behavioral outcomes (child fruit and vegetable intake, junk food consumption, and eating at any type of restaurant), and parent feeding practices (preparing foods from scratch, use of nutrition facts labels to make purchasing decisions, and eating meals with their referent child)

Conditions

• Obesity, Childhood

Interventions

OTHER

Arm 1

: Local retailer produce vouchers ($25 value) will be distributed to the families biweekly over a 32-week period for a total of 16 vouchers. The vouchers can be redeemed for fresh produce at the grocery store that issued the vouchers.

OTHER

Arm 2

Boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables (F\&V), each containing approximately 50 servings of F\&V, will be assembled by Brighter Bites at school sites using donated produce and delivered to houses using DoorDash. F\&V boxes will be distributed to families every 2 weeks over 32 weeks.

OTHER

Arm 3

subjects in this arm will receive the usual standard of care at the clinic for the study period

OTHER

Brighter Bites app

Participants in Arms 1 and 2 will also receive nutrition education using the Brighter Bites app which includes recipes for a variety of meal types or produce types, all of which are searchable. Recipes include the average cost to prepare, the number of servings, and the calories for the recipe. The Brighter Bites app also includes healthy living "Brighter Choices" suggestions such as tips for how to store different types of foods, gardening tips, and tips to pack a healthy lunchbox. In addition to the Brighter Bites app, trained staff will facilitate virtual nutrition education for patient families.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Brighter Bites

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Christine Markham, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-17

Primary Completion

2024-07-31

Completion

2024-11-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations