Dr. Connor Drake, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, represented a team of researchers from Duke Health, Duke Department of Population Health Sciences, and CACHE as he presented the initial findings the Eat Well trial at the May 2025 annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) in Hollywood, Florida. Eat Well is a large-scale randomized controlled trial that was conducted at Duke to test the impact of a program of “prescription produce” on cardiometabolic outcomes. The produce prescription reduces cost barriers to healthy eating and was offered to Duke patients with elevated HbA1c levels who were at risk for food insecurity. Food insecurity is a major obstacle to improve health outcomes and equity and the findings suggest that there are key implementation factors that influence the impact of these programs in real-world care settings. LEARN MORE
