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There is a need to develop evidence-based interventions that rural food pantries can use to limit the distribution and intake of ultra-processed foods and promote the distribution and intake of minimally processed foods in the food environment and among low-income populations to promote better dietary quality and health outcomes. This research project, The UnProcessed Pantry Project (UP3): A Novel Approach to Improving Dietary Quality for Low-Income Adults Served by Rural Food Pantries, uses the Social-Ecological Model to target multiple levels, including the food supply in the rural study location (community level), the food environment at the food pantry (environmental level), and participant dietary intake (individual level). Aim 1 will adapt evidence-based strategies to inform UP3. UP3 will improve dietary quality by influencing the food supply through organization-wide nutrition policies, modifying the food environment with minimally processed foods and nudges, and changing participant dietary intake through experiential nutrition education. The UP3 pilot study will be conducted during Aim 2 with 40 participants served by two rural food pantries in Montana. The purpose of the pilot study is to investigate potential short-term effects on nutrient intake and dietary quality (primary outcome), assess acceptability of UP3 among participants, and evaluate feasibility in rural food pantry environments. It is hypothesized that UP3 will improve access to minimally processed foods and decrease access to ultra-processed foods at the food pantry, which will improve overall dietary quality of individuals as measured by the Healthy Eating Index-2015 compared to baseline and to the control group. Demographic and food security data will characterize the population. Psychosocial factors will be collected to understand changes in knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about processed foods. Biomarkers of health data (i.e., weight, systolic blood pressure, HbA1c, fasting lipid panel) will be collected to determine the feasibility of measuring potential short-term health effects alongside UP3. A control group of 20 participants at a rural food pantry will be used to assess dietary intake, psychosocial factors, height, and weight. Aim 3 will tailor UP3 for a scalable intervention suited for an R01 grant application to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT). UP3 is positioned to demonstrate the positive effects of limiting processed foods and increasing unprocessed and minimally processed foods on diets and, potentially, health among low-income populations. The short-term goals of this research are to develop an adaptable and scalable intervention suitable for rural food pantries serving low-income populations, as well as potentially contribute to a knowledge base around potential short-term effects of the minimally processed foods diet on dietary quality and health risks in those populations. The longer-term goals are to test the efficacy of the intervention in an RCT and then disseminate the approach to be integrated into rural food pantries serving low-income populations with the goal of decreasing health risks.


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NCT number NCT04241133
Study type Interventional
Source Montana State University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date January 24, 2020
Completion date August 15, 2020

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