Effect of an Intensive Food-as-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Food-as-medicine programs are becoming increasingly common, and rigorous evidence is needed regarding their effects on health.

Objective: To test whether an intensive food-as-medicine program for patients with diabetes and food insecurity improves glycemic control and affects health care use.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This stratified randomized clinical trial using a wait list design was conducted from April 19, 2019, to September 16, 2022, with patients followed up for 1 year.