Low-sodium grocery deliveries could help tackle hypertension in food deserts

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

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