40
Participants
Start Date
September 15, 2025
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2027
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2027
MFeast ENHANCED
Intervention group will initially receive prepared MTF (low carbohydrate, low-fat meals, which have been shown to improve glycemia in people with prediabetes) delivered by MFeast (10 meals weekly); Tailored Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) delivered by dieticians from MFeast via monthly phone calls and focused on only: ↓sugar-sweetened beverages and ↑fruit and vegetable consumption; Lactation snack bundles to boost milk supply + structural support for breastfeeding/pumping via lactation consultants and pumping supply subsidization; culturally-adapted seasoning bundles; and dependent meal boxes for children in the household (i.e., will include 10 developmentally appropriate snack and small meal bundles, for up to 24 weeks. At postpartum week 8 participants will be offered a transition from prepared medically tailored meals to Instacart fresh food delivery (via study team-crafted virtual grocery store) for 16 more weeks.
MFeast Usual Care
"Those assigned to the MFeast Usual Care group will receive prepared MTF delivered by MFeast and as needed MNT from 1 to 24 weeks postpartum."
RECRUITING
East Baltimore Medical Campus, Baltimore
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIH
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
NIH
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER