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NCT Number: NCT06822803

Effects of an Urban-gardening Nutrition Intervention for Food Insecure College Students

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an urban gardening nutrition education program can have positive health effects on food insecure college students. The main question it aims to answer is to determine whether an 8-week urban-gardening nutrition intervention can improve fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat percentage in college students with food insecurity.

Participants will:

Fill out a questionnaire regarding demographics, food insecurity, fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy and health beliefs.

Allow researchers to measure height, weight and body fat percentage Participate in a 1-hour education cooking or gardening session once a week for 8 weeks Receive text message reminders for meeting dates

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Key information

Conditions

Food Insecurity Obesity Prevention

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Florida International University

Miami, Florida, 33330, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Must be enrolled at FIU
  • Age 18+ years old
  • Literate in English
  • Food insecure

Exclusion criteria

  • Students who are student athletes
  • Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months

Treatment and study plan

Gardening Nutrition Education Program

Behavioral

This intervention was a 6-week Social Cognitive Theory based, urban gardening, cooking and nutrition education program designed to change health behavior mediators, fruit and vegetable intake, stress, and life satisfaction in food insecure college students.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in the Mean Fruit and Vegetable Intake at 8 Weeks

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks

    Fruit and vegetable intake was measured using the National Cancer Institute's Fruit and Vegetable Screener as well as through a 1-item question, "Yesterday, how many servings of fruits and vegetables did you consume?" Higher numbers indicate higher levels of fruit and vegetable intake.

  2. Change from Baseline in the Mean Stress Scores at 8 Weeks

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks

    Stress levels was measured using Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of stress.

  3. Change from Baseline in the Mean Life Satisfaction Scores at 8 Weeks

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks

    Life Satisfaction was measured using Diener's Quality of Life. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of life satisfaction.

  4. Change from Baseline in the Mean Body Mass Index Scores at 8 Weeks

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks

    Anthropometrics were collected from all participants using standard techniques. Height was measured barefoot by stadiometer and weight was measured barefoot by a digital scale, with empty pockets and without heavy clothing such as sweaters. Participants will also self-report their height and weight for reference. BMI was calculated using the standard equation using height (cm) and weight (kg) Higher numbers indicate higher BMI.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in the Mean Nutrition Knowledge Scores

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks

    Nutrition knowledge was measured using an adapted version of 20- item Dickson-Spillmann Consumer Oriented Nutrition Knowledge Survey (CoNKS). 10 population relevant True or False style questions were included. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of nutrition knowledge.

  2. Change from Baseline in the Mean Self Efficacy, Outcome Expectation and Reciprocal Determinism

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks

    Behavior change was measured through Social Cognitive Theory constructs. These will be measured through Dewar's SCT constructs scales. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of self-efficacy, outcome expectations and reciprocal determinism.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Florida International University

Other

Registry information

Acronym: UGNIFICS

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Feb 12, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 12, 2025

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