Tanglewood to Table: A Walking Farmer's Market Group and Control

Dawn Brewer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dietary Habits

Treatments: Behavioral: Walking Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03567252

44215

P42ES007380 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This program encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Thursday or Saturday. The study aims to determine if walking to the market to receive vouchers improve health outcomes beyond controls who receive nutrition education.

Full description

In the summer of 2018, community members of Whitesburg, Kentucky (KY) were recruited to join the Tanglewood to Table walking program, and community members of Harlan, KY were invited to serve as controls. Each Thursday or Saturday, participants report whether or not they walked the 1 mile trail to the farmers market, how many steps the walked in the previous 7 days and they reported which fruits and vegetables they consumed the previous week. The control group will receive nutrition education handouts. The program is from June 2018 - January 2019. Participants complete questionnaires about fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. Participants also provided physical and biological measurements. Recruiting for the 2018 Walking Program will begin in May.

Enrollment: 157 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over 18 years
• non-pregnant
• moderate to good health (able to walk approximately 1 mile)

Exclusion criteria

• under 18 years
• pregnant
• poor health (unable to walk approximately 1 mile)
• institutionalized adults
• impaired consent capacity
• prisoners

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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157 participants in 2 patient groups

Walking Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will join an established walking group and travel by foot 1 kilometer to a local Farmer's Market. They will also receive handouts about nutrition information and nutritional choices.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walking Group

Non-Walking Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will have no walking requirement. They will receive handouts about nutrition information and nutritional choices.