Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control

• Sponsor: Cornell University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03524911
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 561
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 7.6

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum was evaluated in 3rd-5th graders, hypothesizing that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during a delayed intervention control period.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Childhood Obesity; Nutrition Poor	Behavioral: CHFFF nutrition education	N/A

Detailed Description

Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) is a Cornell curriculum for 3rd-6th graders targeting behaviors to prevent obesity and chronic disease risk: fewer sweetened drinks; more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains; fewer high-fat and high-sugar foods; and active play. The 6 lessons use experiential learning, food preparation, active games, goal setting, and a family newsletter. It was evaluated in 561 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) participants in 27 after-school and 28 in-school groups in 5 NY counties in 2015 using a quasi-experimental design, with a delayed-intervention control period prior to CHFFF. Youth completed a self-reported survey 3 times: at initial enrollment, after a 6-week no-intervention control period, and after receiving the 6 weekly CHFFF lessons. Outcome measures included dietary intake scores created based on factor analysis, and related precursors. It was hypothesized that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during the delayed intervention control period. Following CHFFF, youth improved significantly (p<.05) compared to their control period in overall diet quality, vegetable intake, fruit intake, soda/fast food intake and choice, and the frequency with which they read nutrition facts labels, shared about healthy eating with their family, and tried a new food.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 561 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: Delayed interventionDelayed intervention
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control Period
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 23, 2014
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 11, 2015
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 11, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: CHFFF nutrition education Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) participants in 5 NY counties in 2015	Behavioral: CHFFF nutrition education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Child Diet [Youth completed the survey at initial enrollment, after a 6-week delayed-intervention control period, and after receiving CHFFF.]

   Dietary intake was assessed via a self-reported survey, then 4 dietary scores were created based on factor analysis: overall diet quality, vegetable intake, fruit intake, and soda/fast food intake.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Psychosocial mediators [Youth completed the survey at initial enrollment, after a 6-week delayed-intervention control period, and after receiving CHFFF.]

   Assessed via a self-report survey, these included soda/fast food choices, and the frequency with which they read nutrition facts labels, shared about healthy eating with their family, and tried a new food.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 8 Years to 12 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants in EFNEP nutrition education in schools and in after-school programs in 5 counties in NY during the 2014-2015 school year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Younger than 3rd grade (n=3)

• Those with fewer than 4 lessons (n=9)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Cornell University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Wendy Wolfe, PhD, Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

• Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness curriculum and related resources

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Cornell University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03524911
• Other Study ID Numbers: CHFFF0518
• First Posted: May 15, 2018
• Last Update Posted: Mar 22, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: Yes
• Plan to Share IPD: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Cornell University: Nutrition education; Evaluation; Child diet; EFNEP
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Pediatric Obesity; Malnutrition

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 22, 2022