NCT06096506

Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine - Acres Homes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 89 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an adapted virtual Culinary Medicine (CM) curriculum on dietary behaviors, nutrition knowledge, and cooking skills and behaviors on outcomes such as HbA1c levels, Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, HDL, LDL, and Triglycerides, as well as to determine the feasibility and reproducibility of virtual synchronous CM classes.

Conditions

• Diabetes
• Elevated Body Mass Index

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Culinary Medicine Program	The virtual curriculum will include five 90-minute sessions (to be held weekly or bi-weekly) on basic cooking skills with behaviorally-based nutrition education. Participants will also be expected to shop for groceries ahead of the sessions to participate in the program. A gift card will be provided for groceries. Asynchronous virtual educational content (cooking skills videos, animated nutrition education videos, and additional recipes) will be provided to engage and retain participants beyond initial sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-08
• Primary completion: 2024-10-30
• Completion: 2024-10-30
• First posted: 2023-10-23
• Last updated: 2026-03-17
• Results posted: 2026-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States