PROVIDENCE, R.I.—New research from Brown University reveals that nutrition education materials delivered via the mail help low-income, ethnically diverse people eat better. The findings, which appear in The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, are significant as public policymakers struggle to find new cost-effective ways to slow the escalating price of healthcare.
“It’s a lot less expensive to send (people) material in the mail than to sit down with them and do multiple counseling sessions over time. And people really liked the materials,” said lead author Kim Gans, associate professor (research) of community health at Brown University and co-director of Brown’s Institute for Community Health Promotion.
