Clinical trials: Food Insecurity
Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders, Overnutrition, Child, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05586269
- Testing
- Meal Kit Delivery, Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Food Insecurity
Nutrition and Obesity in Under-Represented Populations: Food Insecurity Research to Advance Science and Improve Health
Food insecurity is associated with obesity in children, and childhood obesity leads to long term health consequences. While existing research shows that food benefit programs reduce food insecurity, little is known about the…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Healthy, Nutrition Poor
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT06116422)
- Testing
- Grocery intervention - unrestricted, Grocery intervention - restricted
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Adolescents With Food Insecurity
Does Increased Egg Consumption Have Cognitive and Neural Benefits in Food Insecure, At-risk Adolescents?
Quality nutrient intake is essential for proper development and well-being of children in all aspects of health, including cognitive development.
- Trial name
- NCT03951883
- Testing
- Increased Egg Consumption, Typical diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Poverty, Low Income, Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
This project seeks to evaluate the impact of two USAID-funded projects that are implemented in rural Upper Egypt. The first project is the Feed the Future Egypt, Food-Security and Agribusiness Support (FAS) project; the second…
- Trial name
- NCT03336021
- Testing
- FAS program
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
HIV
Evaluation of the Effects of a Structural Economic and Food Security Intervention on HIV Vulnerability in Rural Malawi
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a multilevel economic and food security program (Support to Able-Bodied Vulnerable groups to Achieve Food Security; SAFE) in rural central Malawi as implemented and assigned by CARE-Malawi…
- Trial name
- SAGE4Health (NCT02332265)
- Testing
- Support to Able-Bodied Vulnerable groups to Achieve Food Security (SAFE)
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,901 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Food Insecurity, Vulnerable Populations
Enrollment in and Utilization of the Flex Nutrition Program
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of proactive outreach on enrollment into and utilization of the Flexible Services Nutrition Program.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Vulnerable Populations, Nutrition, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT05972421
- Testing
- High Intensity Proactive Outreach, Low Intensity Proactive Outreach
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Food Insecurity, Healthy Eating
Optimizing Online Purchasing of Fruits, Vegetables, and Legumes for Low-Income Families
Food insecurity, that is, the lack of consistent access to nutritious and affordable food, is associated with poor diet, increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and has a negative long-term impact on the economy through…
- Trial name
- OPT-FRESH (NCT07071753)
- Testing
- Video tutorial, Delivery fee waiver, Texting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- New York University
Food Insecurity Among Children, Dietary Modification
The Evaluation of the Summer EBT for Children Demonstration
The Summer Electronic Benefit for Children (SEBTC) demonstration provided food assistance to households with school-aged children during the summer through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) procedures used by the Supplemental…
- Trial name
- SEBTC (NCT02877147)
- Testing
- SEBTC
- Volunteers
- 85,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abt Associates
Malnutrition, Child, Obesity
Keiki (Pediatric) Produce Prescription (KPRx) Program Hawaii
Children living in food-insecure homes, defined as at some time during the last year their household not having enough food, money, or resources to feed the family experience low intake of fresh fruits and vegetables (FV), and a…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Obesity, Food Selection, Nutrition Poor
- Trial name
- KPRxHawaii (NCT05442424)
- Testing
- Produce Voucher, Wait-List Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Food Insecurity, Children, Only
Interventions to Manage Food Insecurity and Inappropriate Feeding Practices Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This is a pilot study to determine how to identify and characterize effective approaches to assist Hispanic families who face food insecurity worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Children, Only, Covid19
- Trial name
- AMISTAD (NCT04801134)
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger
Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents
Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy, Hunger, Diet, Healthy, Food Habits
- Trial name
- NCT05196763
- Testing
- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Obesity
Upgrade the Grains Study: Increasing Whole Grain Consumption in Low-income Children With Obesity
This study will assess the impact of a randomized intervention aimed at increasing consumption of whole grain foods among children from low-income households that participate in the Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or…
- Trial name
- NCT02719730
- Testing
- Reimbursement for whole grain purchases
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Food Insecurity Among Children
Evaluation of Demonstrations to End Childhood Hunger - NV
The 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization provided funding to test innovative strategies to end childhood hunger and food insecurity.
- Trial name
- EDECHNV (NCT04253743)
- Testing
- Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Demonstration Benefits
- Volunteers
- 7,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Pediatric Cancer
Medically Tailored Meals for Kids
The purpose of this project is to learn whether an intervention that provides households with home-delivered healthy, frozen meals tailored to illness related conditions for 12 weeks during a child's treatment for serious illness…
- Trial name
- MTM-Kids (NCT06814795)
- Testing
- Medically tailored meals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Food Insecurity, Nutrition Assessment
Effect of Tailored Nutrition Plan Intervention on Children in Food Insecure Households.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an individualized dietary intervention in reducing household food insecurity levels and improving growth metrics in Egyptian children aged 5 to 11 years from…
- Trial name
- NCT07722195
- Testing
- Tailored Nutritional Counseling, Standard Nutrition Education Group
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital
Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
Randomized Evaluation of Voucher Interventions for Value and Effectiveness (REVIVE) in Philippines
This study aims to evaluate whether revised food voucher programs, combined with nutrition education sessions, can improve food security, dietary quality, nutrition knowledge, and nutritional outcomes among low-income households…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Undernutrition, Diet Quality, Nutrition Knowledge
- Trial name
- REVIVE (NCT07640594)
- Testing
- Food Voucher + SBCC (PhP 3,000), Food Voucher + SBCC (PhP 5,000), Food Voucher + SBCC (PhP 8,000)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,320 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Program in Communities From the Yaqui Valley
The aim is to evaluate the change in indicators of lifestyle and its effect on cardiometabolic biomarkers as a response to an integrative mother-child intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent food insecurity and…
- Trial name
- NUTRIGANDO (NCT05945862)
- Testing
- NUTRIGANDO
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora
Food Insecurity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
Food Insecurity, Social Determinants of Health
Food is Medicine for the whole will test an intervention which provides medically tailored meals, or grocery voucher cards, or a combination of these food and nutrition resources to a caregiver and children living in the…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT06784310
- Testing
- Medically Tailored Meals, Grocery Prescription, Medically Tailored Meals and Grocery Prescription
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Alison Gustafson
Food Insecurity, Nutrition
Pith Moromo 2: Cohort to Study Health Consequences of Food and Nutrition Insecurity During Pregnancy and Lactation
In this study, the investigators conducted research among HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant and lactating women to understand the potential role and importance of food insecurity on participant physical and psychosocial…
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, HIV
- Trial name
- PM2 (NCT02974972)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 371 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Food Insecurity
Implementing Food Referrals for Equity and Sustained Health
Food insecurity (FI) disproportionately affects those who have been historically marginalized and significantly contributes to poor health outcomes.
- Trial name
- I-FRESH (NCT06661538)
- Testing
- Food Security Screening & Referral Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego