Using Spices and Herbs to Increase Vegetable Intake Among Urban High School Students

NCT ID: NCT02908854

Last Updated: 2021-09-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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A two-phase, school-based intervention will be conducted at a high school in Baltimore to evaluate whether the addition of spices and herbs to vegetable dishes in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) can increase vegetable intake among students in an urban and predominantly African-American high school.

Detailed Description

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The proposed research will be conducted at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore, Maryland. In this two-phase intervention, the research team will work in Phase I with stakeholders throughout the high school community to identify the barriers to vegetable intake in the NSLP in this student population and to determine how spices and herbs might help overcome these barriers. The stakeholders with whom we will collaborate will include students, school administration, and cafeteria staff.

Phase II will focus on the direct measurement of vegetable intake among students both before and after spices and herbs are added to the vegetables in the NSLP. The spiced vegetable recipes that received the most favorable student rankings in the taste tests of Phase I will be offered.

The vegetable recipes flavored with spices and herbs will meet all NSLP requirements for fat, sugar, total calories, and all other guidelines.

Student vegetable intake will be assessed through two outcomes: 1.) plate waste, and 2.) production waste.

Conditions

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Poor Nutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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School Lunch Participants

School lunch participants will be given vegetables with and without additional spices and herbs to determine if intake will increase with the addition of spices and herbs.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adding spices and herbs to school lunch vegetables

Intervention Type OTHER

Direct measurement of school lunch vegetable intake among students both before and after spices and herbs are added.

Interventions

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Adding spices and herbs to school lunch vegetables

Direct measurement of school lunch vegetable intake among students both before and after spices and herbs are added.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Enrolled student at Cristo Rey High School
* Able to read and write English (exclusive to Phase 1 participants)

Exclusion Criteria

* Does not eat lunch in the Cristo Rey High School cafeteria
* Not willing to complete questionnaires (exclusive to Phase 1 participants)
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Maryland, Baltimore

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chris D'Adamo

Director of Research Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christopher D'Adamo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Locations

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Center for Integrative Medicine University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Gase LN, McCarthy WJ, Robles B, Kuo T. Student receptivity to new school meal offerings: assessing fruit and vegetable waste among middle school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Prev Med. 2014 Oct;67 Suppl 1(0 1):S28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.04.013. Epub 2014 Apr 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24747044 (View on PubMed)

Byker CJ, Farris AR, Marcenelle M, Davis GC, Serrano EL. Food waste in a school nutrition program after implementation of new lunch program guidelines. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014 Sep-Oct;46(5):406-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.03.009. Epub 2014 May 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24857599 (View on PubMed)

Just DR, Wansink B, Hanks AS. Chefs move to schools. A pilot examination of how chef-created dishes can increase school lunch participation and fruit and vegetable intake. Appetite. 2014 Dec;83:242-247. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.033. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25173063 (View on PubMed)

Hanks AS, Wansink B, Just DR. Reliability and accuracy of real-time visualization techniques for measuring school cafeteria tray waste: validating the quarter-waste method. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Mar;114(3):470-474. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.08.013. Epub 2013 Oct 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24135053 (View on PubMed)

D'Adamo CR, McArdle PF, Balick L, Peisach E, Ferguson T, Diehl A, Bustad K, Bowden B, Pierce BA, Berman BM. Spice MyPlate: Nutrition Education Focusing Upon Spices and Herbs Improved Diet Quality and Attitudes Among Urban High School Students. Am J Health Promot. 2016 May;30(5):346-56. doi: 10.1177/0890117116646333.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27404643 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HP-00066121

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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