Sandi L. Pruitt

Culinary Medicine and Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Pragmatic Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic

OBJECTIVE To conduct a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the effectiveness of six registered dietitian–led medical nutrition therapy (MNT) sessions compared with six virtual, hands-on culinary medicine (CM) sessions for improving glycemic control among patients with...

Alcohol Use Severity Among Hispanic Emerging Adult College Students: Examining Acculturation Stress, Self-Esteem, and Resilience in a Stress and Coping Framework

Research on acculturation stress and its effects on alcohol-related outcomes among Hispanics has been the subject of many studies. However, these studies are limited because they generally use a single measure of acculturation stress to account for this complex construct, and mos...