Sanctuary Farm Prescription in Adolescents

Nemours Children's Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obesity &Amp; Overweight; Adolescence

Treatments: Other: dietary / produce

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07218588

ITPR2025333 (Other Identifier)

STUDY00000466

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this research study is to learn if an 8-week produce prescription program (in partnership with a local urban farm) can increase fruit and vegetable consumption in overweight teens and improve their blood pressure and weight. The main questions are:

• Is a produce prescription program in overweight teens feasible?
• Will a produce prescription with educational videos increase weekly fruit and vegetable intake?
• Will a produce prescription with educational videos improve blood pressure and weight for height?

Researchers will compare the teens' fruit and vegetable intake, blood pressure and weight for height before and after the produce prescription. Researchers will also see how feasible it is by measuring the number of produce prescriptions are picked up by the families and how many educational videos are viewed.

Participants will:

• complete questionnaires related to their diet and nutrition
• measure their blood pressure and weight at the beginning and end of the study
• obtain weekly produce prescriptions

Full description

The overall objectives of this study are to (1) assess the feasibility of produce-prescription in partnership with a local urban farm (Sanctuary Farm) and to (2) determine if an 8-week produce prescription combined with four 20-minute educational videos improves weekly fruit and vegetable intake and improves BMI and BP in adolescents with dysfunctional adiposity. We hypothesize that implementing a produce prescription program in partnership with a local urban farm is feasible and can potentially overcome barriers to healthy eating. Our team of clinicians and health educators has extensive experience leading dietary intervention studies and community-engaged, patient-centered research.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion

1. Patients seen at Nemours TJU Primary Care Clinic
2. Ages 12-17 years at enrollment
3. BMI > or = 85th percentile
4. English Speaking
5. Willing to provide parental permission and ability to provide child assent for the study

Exclusion

1. Children with neurocognitive delays that would limit participation or ability to assent
2. Use of G-tube/J-tube
3. Food allergies that in the opinion of the investigators would interfere with ability to participate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Produce prescription

Experimental group

Description:

weekly produce pickup

Treatment:

Other: dietary / produce