120234 20240319081025.0 doi 10.3390/nu14234980 sideral 131068 ART-2022-131068 eng Miguel-Berges, María L. (orcid)0000-0002-2411-9538 The Effect of Food Vouchers and an Educational Intervention on Promoting Healthy Eating in Vulnerable Families: A Pilot Study 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Cost has been reported as the main barrier to healthy eating in vulnerable groups. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education intervention on adherence to Mediterranean Diet and health when providing food vouchers. This pilot study has a randomized control trial design. We included 66 vulnerable users from the Red Cross of Zaragoza (Spain). Intervention and control group individuals received 120 euros/month of food vouchers over 3 months to be spent in supermarkets (60 euros/month if under 12 y) plus a 10-week nutrition education program for the intervention group. Family food purchases were assessed using electronically recorded supermarket-obtained transactions. During and at the end of the intervention the percentage of healthy food was higher in the intervention than in the control group. Once the nutrition education was over, differences between groups dissipated. In the intervention group, health parameters improved, particularly weight-status, lipids, and liver enzymes. Control participants gained weight, although lipid and liver enzymes improved. Blood pressure and HbA1c did not improve in either the intervention or the control group. In conclusion, providing unrestricted food vouchers to vulnerable groups to increase healthy food consumption appears to be insufficient and should be accompanied by medium-long term nutrition education. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 5.9 2022 NUTRITION & DIETETICS 17 / 87 = 0.195 2022 Q1 T1 1.291 2022 Nutrition and Dietetics 2022 Q1 Food Science 2022 Q1 9.0 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Jimeno-Martínez, Andrea Universidad de Zaragoza Larruy-García, Alicia Universidad de Zaragoza Moreno, Luis A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-0454-653X Rodríguez, Gerardo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7985-9912 Iguacel, Isabel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4242-5464 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 1011 670 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú. Área Pediatría 14, 23 (2022), 4980 [16 pp.] Nutrients Nutrients 2072-6643 715786 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/120234/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2784403 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/120234/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:120234 articulos driver 2024-03-18-16:38:43 ARTICLE