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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Clinical Trials
  • Nutrition Science

Background:

  • Food insecurity negatively impacts blood pressure control.
  • Optimal interventions for food insecurity to improve blood pressure are not well-defined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare intervention elements for food insecurity to guide optimal design.
  • Investigate the impact of food resource type, lifestyle counseling, and intervention duration on blood pressure.

Main Methods:

  • A 2x2x2 factorial randomized clinical trial involving adults with hypertension and food insecurity.
  • Compared food subsidy versus food box delivery, lifestyle counseling versus no counseling, and 6-month versus 12-month duration.
  • Primary outcome was systolic blood pressure (SBP); secondary outcomes included diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and food security.

Main Results:

  • A food subsidy resulted in moderately lower SBP and DBP at 6 and 18 months compared to a food box.
  • Lifestyle counseling did not significantly improve blood pressure outcomes.
  • No significant differences in blood pressure were observed based on intervention duration.
  • Food security scores decreased from baseline across all groups but did not differ significantly between them.

Conclusions:

  • A food subsidy is a more effective intervention for improving blood pressure in food-insecure adults compared to a delivered food box.
  • Lifestyle counseling and extended intervention duration did not yield additional blood pressure benefits.
  • While food insecurity improved, the intervention did not differentially impact food security levels between groups.