Health Care by Food Data Vault

The Health Care by Food™ (HCXF) Data Vault is a centralized research database of Food Is Medicine (FIM) studies. More than 20 clinical studies have been funded through HCXF, and additional FIM studies are incorporated into the Data Vault as data become available. The Data Vault is in its open beta phase.

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Potential uses for the Data Vault include:

  • Retrospective studies and meta-analyses
  • Hypothesis generation
  • Policy, advocacy, or non-profit research
  • Proposal/grant writing support

At a Glance:

HCXF Funded Studies: 11, Total Participants: 1744, Biomarker Measurements: 11273, Data Tables: 34
Study Focal Population(s)
Interventions Applied

Available Data

Study Level – information on study design and implementation

  • Study population
  • Interventions applied and treatment arms
  • Outcomes studied
  • Recruitment methods and enrollment counts
  • Investigative teams and resultant publications

Participant level – records of people who enrolled in HCXF studies

  • Diet
  • Food security and financial strain
  • Health and health care
  • Implementation experience
  • Sociodemographics
  • Biomarkers

Common Measures

Common measures enable comparison of results across studies that
are funded through the American Heart Association’s Health Care by
Food initiative. Domains include:

  • Sociodemographics
  • Financial strain and food security
  • Health and health care
  • Diet
  • Implementation