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Plant-Based Medically Tailored Groceries From a Food Pantry and Adult Cardiometabolic Outcomes
RESEARCH BRIEF — Volume 23 — October 1, 2026
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From December 20, 2019, through April 1, 2025, 380 individuals received food packages from the Revere Food Pantry. Of these, 198 individuals received ≥26 food packages. Of these, 111 individuals were excluded from the study: 8 had no medical record number, 6 had no EHR data; 87 were aged <18 years, and 10 women were pregnant. Eighty-seven adults received ≥26 food packages and had EHR data. Nineteen adults were then excluded because they had no data on outcomes at baseline or follow-up. The final analytic sample consisted of 68 adults with ≥1 baseline and ≥1 follow-up outcome: 65 had data on systolic and diastolic blood pressure; 44 had data on HbA1c; 62 had data on weight and BMI.
Figure. Participants in a plant-based Food Is Medicine intervention at the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Food Pantry, December 2019–April 2025. Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; EHR, electronic health record; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c.
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