Pilot Evaluation of Youth Chef Academy: A Plant-based Cooking Program for Urban Middle School Students
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 248
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in fruit and vegetable consumption
Study Overview
Brief 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).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 10 Years to 14 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Student in intervention or control classroom
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Youth Chef Academy
Receives intervention
Intervention: Youth Chef Academy (Behavioral)
Control
Usual classroom curriculum
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in fruit and vegetable consumption
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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
Change in whole grain consumption
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
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
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Amy Harley
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee