NCT02491294

Fuel for Fun: Cooking With Kids Plus Parents and Play

Cooking With Kids 2.0: Plus Parents and Play

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,640 (actual)
• Sponsor: Colorado State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Fuel for Fun: Cooking with Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF), is an integrated research, extension, and education project targeting 4th grade students. Its long-term goal of reducing the risk of childhood obesity will be addressed by promoting healthful food and activity environments, policies and behaviors through: 1) building and testing the efficacy of a 4th grade comprehensive school- and family-based intervention, 2) applying it to an after-school setting to broaden its reach, and, 3) disseminating both versions through outreach.

Detailed description

Fuel for Fun: Cooking with Kids Plus Parents and Play (FFF) is based on existing, evidence-based components: the experiential Cooking with Kids curriculum, the SPARK Active Recreation program; principles of behavioral economics in school cafeterias and homes; the online About Eating 5-lesson module based on eating competence concepts, and a family-based FFF component specifically designed for this intervention. Each component addresses policy and environment in addition to behavior change at school and home. The main research project - school-based FFF - will be implemented in 8 low-to-moderate income schools for two years using an asynchronous design that allows for assessment of the school-based program alone and in combination with both parent programs. Changes in fruit and vegetable intake (measured by self-report, cafeteria plate waste) and activity levels (measured by self-report and accelerometry) are primary outcomes, with measured BMI as a secondary outcome. Subsequent studies will involve the development of an after-school version and adoption of FFF by other districts. University students will gain valuable research experience and school and Extension educators will receive important childhood obesity prevention training. The project's long term goal is consistent with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) goal of improving the nation's nutrition and health by promoting the development of healthy eating and activity habits in children.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	School	students receive Cooking With Kids (CWK) - Colorado cooking \& tasting lessons, SPARK active recess, and Cafeteria Connections
BEHAVIORAL	Family	students receive the FFF family component - family nights, parent blog, and action packs that go home after each CWK-Colorado lesson
BEHAVIORAL	About Eating	parents who completed the parent survey are invited to access the 6 lesson online About Eating program

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-07-14
• Completion: 2018-07-14
• First posted: 2015-07-08
• Last updated: 2021-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States