Clinical trial NCT03524911: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control
Official title: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control Period
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Childhood Obesity
Nutrition Poor
Keywords: Nutrition education
Evaluation
Child diet
EFNEP
Lead sponsor: Cornell University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-05-15
Enrollment: 561
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Delayed intervention
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum was evaluated in 3rd-5th graders, hypothesizing that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during a delayed intervention control period.

Detailed description: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) is a Cornell curriculum for 3rd-6th graders targeting behaviors to prevent obesity and chronic disease risk: fewer sweetened drinks; more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains; fewer high-fat and high-sugar foods; and active play. The 6 lessons use experiential learning, food preparation, active games, goal setting, and a family newsletter. It was evaluated in 561 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) participants in 27 after-school and 28 in-school groups in 5 NY counties in 2015 using a quasi-experimental design, with a delayed-intervention control period prior to CHFFF. Youth completed a self-reported survey 3 times: at initial enrollment, after a 6-week no-intervention control period, and after receiving the 6 weekly CHFFF lessons. Outcome measures included dietary intake scores created based on factor analysis, and related precursors. It was hypothesized that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during the delayed intervention control period. Following CHFFF, youth improved significantly (p\<.05) compared to their control period in overall diet quality, vegetable intake, fruit intake, soda/fast food intake and choice, and the frequency with which they read nutrition facts labels, shared about healthy eating with their family, and tried a new food.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants in EFNEP nutrition education in schools and in after-school programs in 5 counties in NY during the 2014-2015 school year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than 3rd grade (n=3)
* Those with fewer than 4 lessons (n=9)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Child Diet
timeFrame: Youth completed the survey at initial enrollment, after a 6-week delayed-intervention control period, and after receiving CHFFF.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Psychosocial mediators
timeFrame: Youth completed the survey at initial enrollment, after a 6-week delayed-intervention control period, and after receiving CHFFF.
Other outcomes:
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Study officials:
affiliation: Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences
name: Wendy Wolfe, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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