8-week produce prescription program for overweight teens
Sanctuary Farm Prescription in Adolescents
This 8-week program will try giving produce prescriptions from a local urban farm plus short educational videos to see if overweight teens eat more fruits and vegetables and improve blood pressure and weight for height.
Quick facts
| Phase | Not applicable |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Enrollment | 50 (estimated) |
| Ages | 12 Years to 17 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | Nemours Children's Clinic Academic / other |
| Locations | 3 sites (Wilmington, Delaware and 2 other locations) |
| Trial ID | NCT07218588 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this trial studies
Participants will receive an 8-week produce prescription in partnership with a local urban farm and access to four 20-minute educational videos about healthy eating. Researchers will measure fruit and vegetable intake, blood pressure, and weight-for-height (BMI) before and after the program. Feasibility will be tracked by how many prescriptions families pick up and how many videos they view, and participants will complete diet questionnaires and have measurements taken at baseline and week 8. The intervention is delivered through Nemours and Thomas Jefferson clinical sites serving adolescents.
Who should consider this trial
Good fit: Teens aged 12–17 with BMI at or above the 85th percentile who are patients at the Nemours TJU Primary Care Clinic, speak English, and can provide assent with parental permission.
Not a fit: Children with neurocognitive delays that limit participation, those using G-tube/J-tube, those with food allergies that prevent participation, or families unable to pick up produce or engage with the videos are unlikely to benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could increase fruit and vegetable intake and lead to modest improvements in blood pressure and BMI among participating adolescents.
How similar studies have performed: Previous produce-prescription and fruit-and-vegetable incentive programs have produced modest increases in produce intake with mixed effects on weight and blood pressure, so findings to date are promising but not definitive.
Eligibility criteria
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion 1. Patients seen at Nemours TJU Primary Care Clinic 2. Ages 12-17 years at enrollment 3. BMI \> or = 85th percentile 4. English Speaking 5. Willing to provide parental permission and ability to provide child assent for the study Exclusion 1. Children with neurocognitive delays that would limit participation or ability to assent 2. Use of G-tube/J-tube 3. Food allergies that in the opinion of the investigators would interfere with ability to participate.
Where this trial is running
Wilmington, Delaware and 2 other locations
- Nemours Children's Hospital, DE — Wilmington, Delaware, United States (Active_not_recruiting)
- Nemours Children's Health — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Recruiting)
- Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Active_not_recruiting)
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Carissa Baker-Smith, MD, MPH, MS — Nemours Children's Hospital
- Study coordinator: Bridgette Hindt, BS
- Email: bridgette.hindt@nemours.org
- Phone: 302-531-8295
How to participate
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Visit the official trial page on ClinicalTrials.gov for the most current contact information and recruitment status.
- Contact the listed study coordinator or principal investigator to request pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.