Nutrition intervention Optimization to better Utilize Resources and Support Health (NOURISH Study)
This is a large grant project funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, 1R01DK145891).
In partnership with Crossroads Community Services, our primary goal is to identify interventions that can improve food security, support healthy eating patterns, and reduce diabetes risk among community members at higher risk experiencing food insecurity. Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), we'll be testing nutritious and delicious medically supportive meal kits, prepared meals, culinary medicine classes, and positive supportive text messages in a 2 x 4 factorial design (right), with a focus on feasibility and cost so that community assistance organizations can realistically implement what works.
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Nutritious no-prep meals
These are nutitious prepared medically supportive meals ready-to-eat after minimal reheating.
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Nutritious meal kits
These are nutritious medically supportive groceries bundled together with a recipe that encourages community members to use the groceries to prepare a healthy meal.
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Culinary medicine
These are group classes that combine nutrition education with culinary skills. These classes are run by our collaborators, Dr. Jaclyn Albin, MD, CCMS, DipABLM and Ms. Milette Siler, MBA-HC, RDN, LD, CCMS, Co-Directors of Culinary Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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Supportive Text Messages
These are low-cost, low-touch motivational text messages developed and tested by Consultant Dr. Jennifer Leng and team at Sloan Kettering (R01MD012819). Community members in this study assigned to receive texts, will receive 3 motivational and/or educational texts per week.
