June 9, 2026- New research presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 86th Scientific Sessions showed that adults living with type 2 diabetes participating in Abbott’s Healthy Food Rx “Food is Medicine” program, paired with community health worker–led coaching, experienced major improvements in healthy eating, physical activity, diabetes self-management, food insecurity and self-reported physical and mental health.
Conducted with the Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition (PHI CWN), the Asian Pacific Self-Development and Residential Association (APSARA) and the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin (EFB), and with funding from Abbott’s philanthropic foundation Abbott Fund, the study assessed 284 participants living with type 2 diabetes who received Healthy Food Rx food boxes alongside community health worker–led coaching over a six-month period.