Helpful Resources and Publications

Food is Medicine

Radtke MD, Xiao L, Chen W, et al. Frequency of attendance to a behavioral intervention on health-related outcomes in a multicomponent food as medicine intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2025. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1499404625003136. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.197.

Food is Medicine

Rodriguez Espinosa P, Martinez Mulet Y, Chen W, Radtke MD, Xiao L, Rosas LG. Engaging latina females and community partners to pilot test and optimize medically supportive groceries. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2025;9(6):107455. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299125029166. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107455.

Produce Prescription (PPR) Programs

Courtney A Parks, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Amy L Yaroch, Wei-ting Chen, Megan Reynolds, Lisa G Rosas, Unpacking scalability in produce prescription: A qualitative implementation science investigation using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, Translational Behavioral Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2025, ibaf012, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaf012

Evaulation Recipe4Health

Radtke MD, Tester JM, Xiao L, et al. Impact of a multicomponent food-as-medicine intervention on behavioral and mental health outcomes for patients with and without food insecurity. Nutrition. 2025;134:112734. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900725000528. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2025.112734.

Group Medical Visits Recipe4Health

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Ruvalcaba D, Wei-Ting Chen, et al. Implementing food as medicine during COVID-19: Produce prescriptions and integrative group medical visits in federally qualified health centers. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2025;14:27536130251316535. https://doi.org/10.1177/27536130251316535. doi: 10.1177/27536130251316535.

Group Medical Visits Recipe4Health

Thompson-Lastad A, Chiu DT, Ruvalcaba D, et al. Food as medicine, community as medicine: Mental health effects of a social care intervention. Health Serv Res. 2025;n/a:e14431. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14431. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14431.

Primary Outcome Recipe4Health

Rosas LG, Chen S, Xiao L, et al. The effectiveness of Recipe4Health: A quasi-experimental evaluation. Am J Prev Med. 2025;68(2):377–390. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379724003726. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.10.020.

Protocol Vida Sana y Completa

Rosas LG, Perez JA, Chen W, et al. Vida sana y completa: A randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of diabetes prevention with and without medically supportive groceries among latina women. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2024;143:107582. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714424001654. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107582.

Protocol ADELANTE

Radtke MD, Chen W, Xiao L, et al. Addressing diabetes by elevating access to nutrition (ADELANTE) - A multi-level approach for improving household food insecurity and glycemic control among latinos with diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2024;146:107699. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714424002829. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107699.

Food Insecurity

Tester JM, Xiao L, Chau CA, Tinajero-Deck L, Srinivasan S, Rosas LG. Greater improvement in obesity among children with prediabetes in a clinical weight management program. Childhood Obesity. 2024;20(4):262–269. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0234. doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0234.

Protocol Recipe4Health

Rosas LG, Chen S, Xiao L, et al. Addressing food insecurity and chronic conditions in community health centres: Protocol of a quasi-experimental evaluation of Recipe4Health. BMJ Open. 2023;13(4):e068585. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/4/e068585.abstract. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068585.

Outcomes HOMBRE

Rodriguez Espinosa P, Xiao L, Ma J, Rosas LG. What matters for weight loss in behavioral trials in the latinx community: Learnings from three randomized controlled trials. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 2023;17(6):519–528. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871403X2300128X. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2023.11.005.

Protocol HOMBRE

Rosas LG, Lv N, Xiao L, et al. HOMBRE: A trial comparing 2 weight loss approaches for latino men. Am J Prev Med. 2022;63(3):341–353. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379722002331. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.03.032.

Food Insecurity

Tester JM, Rosas LG, Leung CW. Food insecurity and pediatric obesity: A double whammy in the era of COVID-19. Current Obesity Reports. 2020;9(4):442–450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00413-x. doi: 10.1007/s13679-020-00413-x.

Vida Sana

Rosas LG, Lv N, Xiao L, et al. Evaluation of a culturally-adapted lifestyle intervention to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk of Latino adults in primary care (Vida Sana): A randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016;48:30-40. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2016.03.003  

Protocol and Outcomes for Vivamos Activos

Rosas LG, Thiyagarajan S, Goldstein BA, et al. The effectiveness of two community-based weight loss strategies among obese, low-income US Latinos. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2015;115(4):537-50.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.10.020. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.10.020.

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