FRESH-EATS Project

Part of paid clinical trials in Tampa, Florida.

Sponsor
University of South Florida
Study ID
NCT07053644
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Dietary Behaviors
  • Obesity and Overweight

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • FRESH-EATS — BEHAVIORAL
    1. Six weekly Cooking Matters® for Families sessions. Each session is designed to take 90 minutes including hands-on cooking or other activities. 2. Two 90-minute family workshop sessions will be implemented. 3. Food delivery budget (i.e., the Walmart+ annual membership with free shipping and gift cards to purchase ingredients) will be provided up during the intervention period and local food pantry information will be distributed to families. 4. Community garden at the Cornerstone Family Ministries will be utilized by incorporating garden activities, harvesting, and cooking with the produce from the garden.
  • Lagged Intervention Control Group — BEHAVIORAL
    Nutrition education materials that address nutrition in school-age children and families Cooking Matters® for Families will be implemented. Each of six sessions will take about 90 minutes. All lessons will be delivered by qualified nutrition educators along with student assistants at the Cornerstone Family Ministries classrooms. After completing the post-intervention assessment, participants will then receive the other FRESH-EATS intervention components.

Study Details

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the feasibility of the FRESH-EATS project in children ages 8-12 and their parents/caregivers residing in low-income, predominantly minority neighborhoods. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is the FRESH-EATS intervention feasible to implement and well-received by parent-child dyads? Does the FRESH-EATS multilevel multicomponent intervention improve dietary behaviors of children and their parents/caregivers compared to the comparison group? We hypothesize that this innovative community-derived, multilevel-multicomponent intervention is feasible to implement and has the potential to improve dietary behaviors of participants (children ages 8-12 and their parents/caregivers). Researchers will compare the FRESH-EATS intervention group to the Lagged Intervention Control Group (LICG) to see if the FRESH-EATS intervention leads to better dietary behaviors and health outcomes. Participants in the FRESH-EATS intervention group will: * Attend educational sessions on healthy eating and cooking. * Participate in family workshops that address access to healthy food. * Receive food deliveries and information about local food resources. * Engage in community garden activities.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 19, 2025
Status verified
Jun 2025
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2026
Completion
Oct 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
48 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    Participants will receive multilevel multicomponent intervention FRESH-EATS. Four components include (1) Cooking lessons; (2) Family workshops addressing access to food; (3) Garden activities/education; and (4) Grocery delivery budget
  • Active Comparator: Control
    Participants in the active comparison group will receive a six week education-only control intervention. After completing the post-intervention assessments, these families will receive the other components (family workshops, food delivery budget, and community garden involvement).

Primary Outcome Measure

Parent dietary behaviors [ Time Frame: At baseline (T1) and post-intervention (T2) approximately 6-8 weeks from baseline. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of South FloridaTampaFlorida33620
Heewon L Gray, PhD, RDN
[email protected]
+1 8139749881

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