Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Project: Produce Rx: Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Improving Cardiometabolic Health Indicators Among Urban, Low-Income Adults and Caregiver-Toddler Dyads.
This project will test an incentive model in which healthcare providers “prescribe” fruit and vegetable boxes paired with cooking and nutrition education among low-income and disadvantaged adults with cardiovascular disease and toddlers – two groups disproportionately burdened by diet-related chronic conditions and lacking access to healthy foods. We will evaluate the contributions of educational and skill-building programming to the impact of fruit and vegetable prescription program on cardiometabolic outcomes and conduct a the cost effectiveness of Produce Rx, two novel contributions to the scientific literature. Currently, our partner clinics are referring participants to Produce Rx.