DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure

Can home-delivered, DASH-style groceries with dietitian counseling lower blood pressure among Black adults living in communities with few grocery stores?In this randomized clinical trial of 180 Black adults with elevated blood pressure or hypertension, low sodium-DASH groceries ordered online with dietitian counseling decreased blood pressure at 3 months vs a monetary stipend. Blood pressure increased back to baseline levels after the grocery intervention ended.In this study, home-delivered, DASH-patterned groceries and dietitian counseling meaningfully decreased blood pressure among Black adults, but effects were not maintained after the intervention ended.

Corresponding Author: Stephen P. Juraschek, MD, PhD, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, CO-1309, Room 217, Boston, MA 02215 (sjurasch@bidmc.harvard.edu).

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