Pilot Evaluation of Youth Chef Academy

Child Clinical Trial

— YCA  

Official title:

Pilot Evaluation of Youth Chef Academy: A Plant-based Cooking Program for Urban Middle School Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02463149
• Other study ID #: PRJ49IH
• Secondary ID: 11.336
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 1, 2015
• Last updated: June 3, 2015
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: November 2012

Study information

• Verified date: June 2015
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project examined the effectiveness of Youth Chef Academy (YCA), a classroom-based experiential culinary and nutrition literacy curriculum for middle-school students. The primary study hypothesis was that students assigned to YCA would demonstrate greater improvement in F/V and whole grain consumption compared to students in the control group. Eight classrooms in eight public K-8 schools participated in the project. Classrooms were assigned to intervention or control condition in a non-randomized manner. YCA was delivered by project staff to all of the students in the four intervention classrooms. Students completed a survey to assess primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, six-week curriculum completion, and at twelve-week curriculum completion (YCA extended twelve-week curriculum cohort).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 248
• Est. completion date: November 2012
• Est. primary completion date: June 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 10 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Student in intervention or control classroom

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child
• Dietary Modification

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Youth Chef Academy
Nutrition and culinary curriculum delivered in the classroom

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in fruit and vegetable consumption	Change in fruit and vegetable consumption calculated from self-reported times per day consuming fruits and vegetables using the 7-item tool from the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System	Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks	No
Primary	Change in whole grain consumption	Change in whole grain consumption calculated from self-reported times per day consuming whole grains using a revised version of the 8-item tool from the Power of 3 project	Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks	No