Key takeaways:
- Home-delivered, low-sodium groceries improved BP among residents living in a food desert.
- The improvements were not maintained after the intervention ended.
Perspective from Donna K. Arnett, BSN, MSPH, PhD, FAHA
NEW ORLEANS — Free home-delivered groceries tailored to the low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet improved blood pressure among Black residents with high BP and limited grocery access, according to a new study.
Those who received the home-delivered groceries also had improvements in LDL cholesterol.
Results of the GoFresh trial were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and simultaneously published in JAMA…