Buffalo study finds higher food-prescription use with home delivery
The University at Buffalo described a 12-week randomised study on 15 October involving 67 adults over 65 who experienced food insecurity. Redemption, defined as preparing and consuming the produce, reached 89.2% in groups receiving fresh produce or meal kits at home, compared with 28.3% in the voucher-and-market control group.
Source review period: 2026-10-16
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The study appeared in Frontiers in Public Health in September. Its findings concern food-prescription use in a small sample, not an equivalent reduction in disease. Corresponding author Lucia Leone co-founded delivery provider FreshFix; adding meal kits did not further improve produce use.
Data
Food-prescription redemption in the study
12 weeks, Buffalo, adults over 65
- Home-delivery groups
- 89.2 %
- 2026-10-15 · Observed
- Voucher-and-market control group
- 28.3 %
- 2026-10-15 · Observed
Methodology
Source-defined preparation and consumption of produce. Group rates from a 67-person study, not population rates or disease reduction. Announcement date used because trial dates are unspecified.
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