NCT02166034

Effects of School Gardens on Children's Diet, Nutritional Knowledge, Etc.

Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth (HGHY): A People's Garden School Pilot Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,531 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether school gardens influence children's dietary intake, nutritional knowledge, and other outcomes.

Detailed description

Schools in New York, Washington State, Iowa, and Arkansas were randomly assigned to receive school gardens and associated curriculum or to serve on the wait list control group that received gardens and curriculum at the end of the 2-year study. Baseline data were collected in Fall 2011. Garden interventions began in Spring 2012. Follow-up data were collected at 6, 12, 18 months following baseline data collection.

Conditions

• Dietary Habits

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	garden intervention	The intervention includes raised bed garden kits for participating classes as well as access to garden-based curriculum.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2014-06-18
• Last updated: 2014-06-18

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States