A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina

Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease. Yet, while diet is modifiable, numerous barriers exist for lower-resourced families to engage in healthy dietary behaviors. In particular, rural families face structural and systemic disparities, such as inadequate access to affordable healthy food. Thus, this project. Thus, this study, PhytoRx Families, an innovative produce prescription (Prx) program, addresses health disparities in rural North Carolina (NC). This project will pilot test and explore the impact of PhytoRx Families (PhtyoRxF) on nutrition-related, health-related, and healthcare utilization outcomes.

NCT Number	NCT07221045
Lead Sponsor	North Carolina State University Collaborators: East Carolina University
Conditions	Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus Risk, Utilization, Health Care
Enrollment	30 participants
Start Date	2025-04-18
Primary Completion	2026-05-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-05-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-10-27