Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine

NCT ID: NCT05624775

Last Updated: 2025-08-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 104 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-15

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to adapt existing Nourish Program curriculum for synchronous virtual delivery,to implement adapted virtual Culinary Medicine (CM)curriculum among target population, to assess if program participation improves participant dietary behaviors, nutrition knowledge, and cooking skills and behaviors above standard of care, to assess if program participation improves patient levels of HbA1c, Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, HDL, LDL and Triglycerides above standard of care and to determine the feasibility and reproducibility of virtual synchronous CM classes in patients with diabetes.

Conditions

Diabetes

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Virtual Culinary Medicine

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Culinary Medicine

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The virtual curriculum will include five 90-minute sessions (to be held weekly or bi-weekly). Participants will cook and engage virtually (with video and sound on) from their home kitchens via the digital platform. 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 ($20 per class = $100 total).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. Recipes will provide enough food for a family of four. clinic patients

Interventions

Virtual Culinary Medicine

The virtual curriculum will include five 90-minute sessions (to be held weekly or bi-weekly). Participants will cook and engage virtually (with video and sound on) from their home kitchens via the digital platform. 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 ($20 per class = $100 total).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. Recipes will provide enough food for a family of four. clinic patients

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• type 2 diabetes and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7.0
• receiving care at Sanitas Medical Center clinics in August 2021 - August 2023
• English speaking or Spanish speaking.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients without the technological support needed to participate in the program (e.g., reliable internet and device - cell phone, tablet or laptop);
• Patients with terminal or late-stage conditions (e.g., advanced stage chronic kidney disease);
• Patients with uncontrolled mental disorder that interferes with participation in active programming;
• Patients with physical impairment that interferes with participation in active programming

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Natalia Heredia

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Natalia I Heredia, PhD., MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HSC-SPH-21-0555

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id