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NCT Number: NCT05624775

Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Virtual Culinary Medicine

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Healthy Food Servings by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 3 items that are scored from 1 [None] to 6 [4 servings or more] for a maximum score of 18, a higher number indicating a better outcome.

  2. Change in Typical food consumption behaviors by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 7 items that are scored from 1 [Not at all] to 5 [More than once a day] for a maximum score of 35, a higher number indicating better outcome.

  3. Change in Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 9 items that are scored from 1 [Strongly Disagree] to 5 [Strongly Agree] for a maximum score of 45, a higher number indicating more perceived barriers.

  4. Change in Shopping, cooking, and eating behaviors by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 9 items that are scored from 1 [Never] to 5 [Always], for a maximum score of 45, with a higher number indicating more ideal shopping, cooking and eating behaviors that align with program goals.

  5. Change in Diabetes Management by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 18 items. The first 16 items that are scored from 1 [Does not apply to me] to 4 [Applies to me very much] and the remaining 2 items are dichotomous scored [Yes=1] to [No=0], for a maximum score of 68, with a higher number indicates a better diabetes self-management.

  6. Change in cooking self-efficacy by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)

    Time frame: Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

    This consists of 10 items that are scored from 1 [Not sure at all] to 5 [Extremely sure], for a maximum of 50, with a higher number indicating more self-efficacy. Five items ask about self-efficacy before the program, and five ask about self-efficacy after the program.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  2. Change in Body Mass Index

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  3. Change in systolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  4. Change in diastolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  5. Change in High-density lipoprotein (HDL)

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  6. Change in low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

  7. Change in Triglyceride

    Time frame: baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Nov 22, 2022
Registry last updated
Aug 17, 2025

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