Advanced Cooking Education Feasibility Study

Cornell University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nutrition, Healthy; Adolescent Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Advanced Cooking Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT05907278

0009007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to look at outcomes related to diet and nutrition, mindfulness, and cooking skills amongst middle school students who participated in a 12-week 4-H after school program called the Advanced Cooking Education Program.

Full description

Participants are all assigned to the Advanced Cooking Education Program. Data collection was done before and after the program. The investigators hypothesize that after the program, adolescents' diet quality, cooking-related skills, stress levels will be improved compared to prior of the program.

Enrollment: 81 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• Do not speak/understand English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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81 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The ACE Program is a culturally inclusive, 4-H after school club where youth meet once a week for 12 weeks virtually. They also receive groceries to make a meal 1 day a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Advanced Cooking Education