NCT05907278

Advanced Cooking Education Feasibility Study

The Advanced Cooking Education (ACE) 4-H After School Club: A Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to look at outcomes related to diet and nutrition, mindfulness, and cooking skills amongst middle school students who participated in a 12-week 4-H after school program called the Advanced Cooking Education Program.

Detailed description

Participants are all assigned to the Advanced Cooking Education Program. Data collection was done before and after the program. The investigators hypothesize that after the program, adolescents' diet quality, cooking-related skills, stress levels will be improved compared to prior of the program.

Conditions

• Adolescent Behavior
• Nutrition, Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Advanced Cooking Education	Participants attend the ACE Program for 12 weeks after school. On one assigned day of the week, participants attend ACE virtually. The session will begin with mindfulness exercises (15 minutes), professional development session (50 minutes), nutrition education lesson (20 minutes), and reflection period to talk about their experience in cooking lessons (25 minutes). On any day during the week, the students will make a dish using groceries they received (1 hour).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-13
• Primary completion: 2022-05-19
• Completion: 2022-05-26
• First posted: 2023-06-18
• Last updated: 2023-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States