Impact of Food Literacy Education on Rural, Uninsured Patients With Diabetes

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Examines changes in food literacy among 140 diabetic or prediabetic adults without insurance participating in the Fresh Start Food is Medicine (FIM) + Food Literacy intervention, which provided group classes on food literacy, direct provision of produce, and health coaching in rural, eastern North Carolina. Provides data on racial and ethnic disparities in food literacy before and after participation.

Raven Breinholt, Brandon J. Stroud, Lauren R. Sastre

Journal of Nutrition and Behavior, 58, 379-393

04/2026

Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Statistics and data · Uninsured and underinsured · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina