Enjoying Affordable and Tasty Food Together

The goal of this pilot study is to examine the feasibility of a novel meal kit and nutrition education intervention among adults aged 40 years and older, who are lower income, and to evaluate the preliminary impact of the meal kit and nutrition education intervention on food insecurity, dietary quality, mental health, quality of life and cardiovascular risk factors compared with general nutrition education materials in this population. The main questions are: What is the acceptability and satisfaction with the meal kits and nutrition education intervention? What are the participation rates in the nutrition education program and the evaluation of the intervention? What is the impact of the intervention on food insecurity, dietary quality and cooking and food preparation self-efficacy compared with general nutrition education materials? What is the impact of the intervention of psychosocial health, quality of life and cardiometabolic outcomes compared with general nutrition education materials?

NCT Number	NCT07036757
Lead Sponsor	University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Conditions	Food Insecurity, Dietary Quality, Quality of Life, Cooking Self-efficacy, Perceived Stress, Anxiety, Depressive Symptomatology, Anthropometrics: Height and Weight +2 more
Enrollment	120 participants
Start Date	2026-02-01
Primary Completion	2026-10-28 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-10-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-05-05