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NCT Number: NCT01846169

Study to Improve Healthy Eating for At-Risk Older Adults

This application, funded by the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP) Foundation, is to implement the Healthy Eating for at Risk Older Adults (HERO) initiative. This initiative will address barriers of affordability, and reduced mobility by providing older adults with nutritious foods that are usually difficult to purchase due to high cost; delivering needed foods to individuals in their homes; tailoring food delivery frequency based on level of food insecurity; and offering basic nutrition education.

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Key information

Conditions

Biometrics

Age range

55 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 55 years old or older
  • if member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless and expect to live at current residence or in the area for next 6 months
  • if NOT member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless, live at public housing development, and plan to live there for at least next 6 months
  • Able to understand, speak and read English

Exclusion criteria

  • Follows a special diet that cannot be accommodated, as ascertained by clinical judgment of the nurse.

Treatment and study plan

Food deliveries

Behavioral

Frequency of food deliveries is based on level of food insecurity at baseline (i.e., more food insecurity receives more frequent food deliveries). Deliveries are tailored to the diet of the client (e.g., consist of soft foods if participant has trouble chewing; has more fruits and vegetables if that was a food category the participant at less of at baseline). The brief nutrition education is a review of basic nutrition concepts and healthy eating ideas.

Primary outcomes

  1. body composition

    Time frame: 6 months

    percent body fat

  2. BMI

    Time frame: 6 months

    Body mass index

  3. weight

    Time frame: 6 months

    total body weight in pounds

  4. blood pressure

    Time frame: 6 months

    systolic and diastolic blood pressure

  5. blood glucose

    Time frame: 6 months

    measurement of blood glucose

Secondary outcomes

  1. nutritional risk

    Time frame: 6 months

    food frequency questionnaire assessing levels of food intake in pre-specified categories (e.g., fruits and vegetables)

  2. food insecurity

    Time frame: 6 months

    measurement of food insecurity as assessed by standard questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Boston Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Healthy Eating for At-Risk Older Adults (HERO)

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
May 3, 2013
Registry last updated
Aug 25, 2014

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