Free food for families: stanford tests whether grocery deliveries curb baby obesity

NCT ID NCT06051591

Recruiting now Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Stanford University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a program that delivers free groceries twice a month to food-insecure families with infants (ages 6 to 18 months) is practical and well-liked. All families also get nutrition education. The goal is to see if the program can be done successfully, not yet to prove it reduces obesity. Eighty families are being recruited from Stanford pediatric clinics.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Food FARMacia Program (twice monthly grocery delivery) and self-directed meal preparation support
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that providing healthy groceries and nutrition guidance to food-insecure families is a practical way to help prevent childhood obesity.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early feasibility study with only 80 families, so it won't prove the program actually reduces obesity—just that it can be done. Results may not apply to other settings.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Pediatric Obesity obesity disorder prevention target

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

NUTRITION, HEALTHY

Contacts and locations

Locations

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
RECRUITING

New York, New York, 10032, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

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