Fuel for Fun: Cooking With Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF)

Colorado State University (CSU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: School; Behavioral: About Eating; Behavioral: Family

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02491294

12-3278H

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fuel for Fun: Cooking with Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF), is an integrated research, extension, and education project targeting 4th grade students. Its long-term goal of reducing the risk of childhood obesity will be addressed by promoting healthful food and activity environments, policies and behaviors through: 1) building and testing the efficacy of a 4th grade comprehensive school- and family-based intervention, 2) applying it to an after-school setting to broaden its reach, and, 3) disseminating both versions through outreach.

Full description

Fuel for Fun: Cooking with Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF) is based on existing, evidence-based components: the experiential Cooking with Kids curriculum, the SPARK Active Recreation program; principles of behavioral economics in school cafeterias and homes; the online About Eating 5-lesson module based on eating competence concepts, and a family-based FFF component specifically designed for this intervention.

Each component addresses policy and environment in addition to behavior change at school and home. The main research project - school-based FFF - will be implemented in 8 low-to-moderate income schools for two years using an asynchronous design that allows for assessment of the school-based program alone and in combination with both parent programs. Changes in fruit and vegetable intake (measured by self-report, cafeteria plate waste) and activity levels (measured by self-report and accelerometry) are primary outcomes, with measured BMI as a secondary outcome. Subsequent studies will involve the development of an after-school version and adoption of FFF by other districts.

University students will gain valuable research experience and school and Extension educators will receive important childhood obesity prevention training. The project's long term goal is consistent with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) goal of improving the nation's nutrition and health by promoting the development of healthy eating and activity habits in children.

Enrollment: 2,640 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all students enrolled in participating classrooms are invited to participate

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,640 participants in 5 patient groups

School Only

Experimental group

Description:

Students whose schools are randomized to this condition only receive the classroom, cafeteria and SPARK active recess components

Treatment:

Behavioral: School

School + Family

Experimental group

Description:

Students whose schools are randomized to this condition receive the classroom, cafeteria and SPARK active recess components and the family component (family nights, parent blog and action packs)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family

Behavioral: School

School + About Eating

Experimental group

Description:

Students whose schools are randomized to this condition only receive the classroom, cafeteria and SPARK active recess components and their parents are invited to participate in the online 6 lesson About Eating program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: About Eating

Behavioral: School

School + Family + About Eating

Experimental group

Description:

students whose schools are randomized to this condition receive the classroom, cafeteria and SPARK active recess components and the family component (family nights, parent blog and action packs) and their parents are invited to participate in the online 6 lesson About Eating program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: About Eating

Behavioral: Family

Behavioral: School

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

students and their parents in all schools during cohort 1 and 4 (and Ponderosa students in cohort 3) are tested but provided no intervention