NOURISH: NutritiOUs fRuIts and veggieS to Improve Health: A Culinary Medicine Intervention
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 11
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Participant Recruitment Rate
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study includes a 12-week culinary medicine intervention integrated within the existing YMCA Suncoast Survivorship and Wellness Program Powered by Moffitt. Members of the John Geigle YMCA will be assigned to the NOURISH intervention, which includes biweekly provision of fruit and vegetable bundles, recipe cards, and nutritional education handouts plus 30-minute culinary medicine demonstrations with skill-building training (six total demonstrations focused on fruit and vegetable recipes).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Sequential
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosed with cancer.
- •Able to speak and read English.
- •Without documented or observable psychiatric or neurologic diagnoses that could interfere with participation (e.g., dementia, active psychosis).
- •Able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not meeting all of the above inclusion criteria.
Arms & Interventions
NOURISH: NutritiOUs fRuIts and veggieS to improve Health
Intervention Phase: In the intervention phase, members of the John Geigle YMCA will be assigned to the NOURISH intervention, which includes biweekly provision of f/v, recipe cards, and nutritional education handouts plus 30-minute culinary medicine demonstrations with skill-building training (six total demonstrations focused on f/v recipes). Members of the Hernando County YMCA will be assigned to the control condition and participants will receive recipe cards and nutritional education handouts but will not receive f/v or cooking demonstrations.
Maintenance Phase: In the maintenance phase, we will better understand adherence to dietary guidelines once f/v are no longer provided and maintenance of culinary skills.
Intervention: NOURISH (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Participant Recruitment Rate
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
Number of participants successfully recruited to the study.
Participant Retention
Time Frame: Up to 1 year
The proportion of participants who complete the study.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported