Clinical trial NCT06558396: Advanced Cooking Education Full Scale Study
Official title: Advanced Cooking Education (ACE) 4-H After School Club Full Scale Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adolescent Behavior
Nutrition, Healthy
Keywords: Adolescents
Nutrition intervention
Culinary programs
Lead sponsor: Cornell University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
First posted: 2024-08-16
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: All participants enter a control phase for 12 weeks where they receive no intervention. After 12 weeks, the same group of participants receive the ACE intervention.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an in-person multi-component Advanced Cooking Education (ACE) 4-H after school program. The ACE Program consists of mindfulness, nutrition education, cooking labs, and professional development activities.

Detailed description: The ACE program is conducted with 7th and 8th grade students attending New York City (NYC) Title I middle schools. Participants attend weekly sessions (2hour) after school to participate in mindfulness, nutrition lessons, and professional development activities. On another day in the week, students participate in cooking labs at their own time at their homes. The investigators hypothesize that after the program, adolescents' diet quality, cooking-related skills, stress levels will be improved compared to prior of the program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 7th and 8th grade students attending Title I funded schools in New York City
* Caregivers of the 7th and 8th grade students attending Title I funded schools in New York City

Exclusion Criteria:

* Do not speak/understand English
* Those who have previously participated in the Virtual ACE program (Feasibility Study), or In-Person ACE Pilot Study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Difference in change in diet quality between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Difference in change in body mass index between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in body fat percentage between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in waist circumference between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in dermal carotenoids level between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in household food security between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in culinary skills between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in culinary self-efficacy between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in culinary attitudes between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in perceived stress between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in food neophobia between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in sense of purpose between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in social and emotional competency between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
measure: Difference in change in family mealtime beliefs between intervention phase (12-24wk) and control phase (0wk-12wk)
timeFrame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks, 48 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ithaca
country: United States
facility: Cornell University
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Cornell University
name: Tashara M Leak, PhD, RD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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