Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control

NCT ID: NCT03524911

Last Updated: 2022-03-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 561 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-10-23
• Study Completion Date: 2015-06-11

Brief Summary

The Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum was evaluated in 3rd-5th graders, hypothesizing that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during a delayed intervention control period.

Detailed Description

Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) is a Cornell curriculum for 3rd-6th graders targeting behaviors to prevent obesity and chronic disease risk: fewer sweetened drinks; more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains; fewer high-fat and high-sugar foods; and active play. The 6 lessons use experiential learning, food preparation, active games, goal setting, and a family newsletter. It was evaluated in 561 Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) participants in 27 after-school and 28 in-school groups in 5 NY counties in 2015 using a quasi-experimental design, with a delayed-intervention control period prior to CHFFF. Youth completed a self-reported survey 3 times: at initial enrollment, after a 6-week no-intervention control period, and after receiving the 6 weekly CHFFF lessons. Outcome measures included dietary intake scores created based on factor analysis, and related precursors. It was hypothesized that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during the delayed intervention control period. Following CHFFF, youth improved significantly (p<.05) compared to their control period in overall diet quality, vegetable intake, fruit intake, soda/fast food intake and choice, and the frequency with which they read nutrition facts labels, shared about healthy eating with their family, and tried a new food.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity; Nutrition Poor

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

CHFFF nutrition education

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) participants in 5 NY counties in 2015

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

CHFFF nutrition education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

CHFFF nutrition education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants in EFNEP nutrition education in schools and in after-school programs in 5 counties in NY during the 2014-2015 school year

Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 3rd grade (n=3)
• Those with fewer than 4 lessons (n=9)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cornell University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Wendy Wolfe, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences

Related Links

http://fnec.cornell.edu/for-partners/curricula/chfff/

Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness curriculum and related resources

Other Identifiers

CHFFF0518

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id