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NCT Number: NCT04237571

Community Agriculture Nutritional Enterprises (CANE) Meal Program

Previous adult participants of the Tanglewood to Table walking program will be recruited to enroll in the CANE Meal Program. This program will encourage participants to pick up a healthy meal from the CANE Kitchen each week for five weeks. The meal will consist of at least one serving of fruit or vegetables. At each meal, educational materials will be distributed, including the recipe for healthy meals and nutrition handouts that are linked to the recipes. Additional information about the ways the nutrients in the meal may help protect from the negative effects of environmental pollutants will be included. Surveys, blood pressure, height, weight, waist circumference and carotenoid status will be assessed before and after the program.

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Key information

Conditions

Diet, Healthy Behavior Life Style, Healthy Motor Activity

Age range

18 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • over 18 years of age
  • previous participant in Tanglewood to Table Walking Program

Exclusion criteria

  • institutionalized adults
  • children under the age of 18
  • adults with impaired consent capacity
  • incarcerated adults

Treatment and study plan

CANE Meal Program

Behavioral

Participants will be encouraged to pick up a healthy meal from the Community Agriculture Nutritional Experience (CANE) Kitchen in Whitesburg, Kentucky once a week for five weeks. The meals will consist of at least one serving of a fruit or a vegetable. At each meal, education materials will be distributed, including the recipe for the healthy meals and nutrition handouts that are linked to the recipes. Additional information about the ways the nutrients in the meal may help protect from the negative effects of environmental pollutants will be included.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in fruit and vegetable consumption.

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Fruit and vegetable consumption will be assessed with a food frequency questionnaire pre- and post-intervention. This questionnaire asks participants to estimate the frequency of consumption on a ten point scale (from never to three times per day) of 45 specific fruits or vegetables. Aggregate scores range from 0-450 with higher scores indicating increased consumption.

  2. Change in weight.

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Body weight will be measured on a digital scale pre- and post-intervention.

  3. Change in waist circumference

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Waist circumference will be measured with a tape measure pre- and post-intervention.

  4. Change in total blood pressure

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be measured pre- and post-intervention using a digital blood pressure machine.

  5. Change in carotenoid status

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Carotenoid status will be measured via carotenoid RS scanner, an objective measure of diet-derived pigments in the skin.

  6. Change in knowledge of nutrition and environmental pollution.

    Time frame: Five weeks

    Knowledge of nutrition and environmental pollution will be assessed using a mixed 6-item survey containing 4 "yes" "no" "not sure" questions and two multiple choice knowledge questions. The questionnaire does not have an absolute range, but a higher percent of "not sure" responses indicates less knowledge of nutrition and pollution; while a higher percentage of absolutely correct responses indicates increased knowledge. Data will be reported as the change from pre- to post-intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dawn Brewer

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jan 23, 2020
Registry last updated
Jul 23, 2020

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