Montefiore Medical Center
Fresh Takes! is a targeted food distribution and nutrition education program offered by Montefiore Bronx Health Collective, a Federally Qualified Health Center located in the South Bronx. The goal of Fresh Takes! is to help reduce food insecurity and prevent progressions to overt diabetes in patients with prediabetes and to help patients with overt diabetes achieve better diabetic control. To that end, participants receive bimonthly fresh food boxes and nutritional support and education over the course of a six-month program.
Diabetes affects approximately one in 10 individuals in the United States and is associated with cardiovascular disease, nerve and retinal damage, and kidney disease. In 2019, it was reported to be the 7th leading cause of death nationally. Unfortunately, diabetes disproportionally affects people of color, those of heavier weight, and those with lower incomes. All of these characteristics are common in residents of the communities served by Montefiore Bronx Health Collective (BHC). Enrolling patients in care at BHC with prediabetes or overt diabetes into Fresh Takes! has the potential to impro…
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-75 years of age * Be a patient of BHC * Experienced food insecurity in the previous year Identified as: 1. having diabetes based on an ICD diagnosis code in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or having a less than ideal HbA1c level, defined as \>6.4% within the preceding 12 months OR 2. having prediabetes based on an ICD diagnosis code in the EMR or by having a HbA1c level between 5.7% - 6.4% in the preceding 12 months.
Receipt of a fresh produce box, nutritional education and support in a 6 month program
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