Clinical trial NCT03095768: Lifestyle Education and Nutrition Demonstration
Official title: Blending Lifestyle Education and Nutrition Demonstration for Seniors in the Warrensville Heights Community
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Disease
Keywords: Lifestyle
Nutrition
Cooking
Lead sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: City of Warrensville Heights
name: Ohio Department of Aging
First posted: 2017-03-30
Enrollment: 37
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 55
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute has a proven track record of engaging patients in healthy living and eating through education, live cooking demonstrations / hands-on cooking classes, exercise and stress management programs.

As a result of the Community Health Needs Assessment, we are collaborating with Cleveland Clinic Community Outreach and 12th District Representative, John E. Barnes, Jr., to extend our expertise to the community of Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

Detailed description: The City of Warrensville Heights and The Cleveland Clinic are combining efforts to address the paucity of fresh and nutritious foods accessible to seniors in the Warrensville Heights community through a new program at the city's Civic and Senior Center. This program will combine healthy lifestyle education with nutrition demonstration using recipes that can be prepared in a blender. These recipes have been designed to be simple, delicious and easy to eat, and include smoothies, soups and even a few desserts! Our ultimate goal is to use both education and demonstration to promote a mindset change regarding community members' abilities to eat healthy.

The population in the Warrensville Heights community is aging, and there is a high prevalence of chronic diseases including hypertension, diabetes, obesity and kidney disease. A recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) identified engagement and participation in the promotion and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle as a major area for improvement. Currently there is very limited access to healthy foods in the immediate community of Warrensville Heights, and in many cases, the transportation costs required for residents to access those healthy foods is often financially unfeasible. It is clear from this CHNA that both access to and education about healthy food options is sorely needed in this community.

The Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute has a proven track record of engaging patients in healthy living and eating through education, live cooking demonstrations / hands-on cooking classes, exercise and stress management programs. In response to the CHNA and in collaboration with 12th District Representative, John E. Barnes, Jr., the BLENDS study will extend our expertise to the Warrensville Heights community.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adults 55 years of age or older living in the neighborhoods of Warrensville Heights

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Food allergies
2. Celiac or non-Celiac gluten intolerance
3. Travel plans that do not permit full participation in the intervention
4. Recent unexplained weight loss (10 pounds or more in past 3 months)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Behavior Change from Baseline to 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline BMI at 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Waist Circumference at 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Blood Pressure at 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Glucose at 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change from Baseline Cholesterol at 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Change in Quality of Life from Baseline to 2 Months
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Program Evaluation Survey
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Warrensville Heights
country: United States
facility: Warrensville Heights Senior Center
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic
name: Dana L Schneeberger, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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