Following are summaries of peer-reviewed research, evaluations, and reports on nutrition interventions that have been shown to impact health outcomes.
Addressing Food Insecurity for Medicaid Populations: Lessons from North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots
Highlighted North Carolina's approach to integrating nutrition services into Medicaid through their Healthy Opportunities Pilots, featuring insights from the program's lead evaluator and on-the-ground implementers.
Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs on Food Insecurity, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Health Outcomes: A Community Guide Systematic Review
Systematic review finds that fruit and vegetable incentive programs reduce food insecurity, increase fruit and vegetable consumption, and improve blood glucose levels among low-income populations.
Medicaid Spending and Health-Related Social Needs in the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program
North Carolina Medicaid’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot shows reductions in emergency department visits and overall health care costs.
Examining Food Security, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Outcomes of Produce Prescription (PPR) Programs: A Systematic Review
Systematic review shows produce prescription programs improve food security, reduce blood glucose levels among patients with diabetes, and have mixed evidence for other health outcomes.
Impact of Produce Prescriptions on Diet, Food Security, and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes: A Multisite Evaluation of 9 Produce Prescription Programs in the United States
Produce prescription programs improved food and vegetable intake, food security, and health status among low-income adults.
Association of National Expansion of Insurance Coverage of Medically Tailored Meals with Estimated Hospitalizations and Health Care Expenditures in the US
Simulation model estimates that national implementation of medically tailored meal programs for specific populations would achieve over $13.6 billion in cost savings per year.
Farming For Life: Impact Of Medical Prescriptions for Fresh Vegetables on Cardiometabolic Health for Adults with or at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Predominantly Mexican-American Population
A produce prescription program leads to improvements in blood pressure and A1c levels and reductions in food insecurity for people with or at risk of type 2 diabetes.
Food Bank-Based Diabetes Prevention Intervention to Address Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Physical Activity
A food bank-based intervention improved food security and health status for individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes.
Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use
Medically tailored meals significantly reduced admissions to hospitals and nursing homes for people with complex health and social needs.
Meal Delivery Programs Reduce the Use of Costly Health Care in Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries
Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.
