Examining Cooking as a Health Behavior
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/5/2019 |
| Start Date: | November 1, 2018 |
| End Date: | October 30, 2019 |
The proposed pilot study will examine cooking as an intervention target for weight control in
overweight adults. The study will also examine whether interventions designed to promote
cooking at home can increase participants' sense of food agency, and overcome common barriers
to cooking at home such as time scarcity and budget constrictions. The study will utilize a
cooking pedagogy designed to not just teach participants the basics of cooking different
foods, but how to be efficient, mindful cooks. If cooking class participation positively
impacts diet and health outcomes, it will bolster the case for promoting cooking at home as a
health behavior for multiple populations.
overweight adults. The study will also examine whether interventions designed to promote
cooking at home can increase participants' sense of food agency, and overcome common barriers
to cooking at home such as time scarcity and budget constrictions. The study will utilize a
cooking pedagogy designed to not just teach participants the basics of cooking different
foods, but how to be efficient, mindful cooks. If cooking class participation positively
impacts diet and health outcomes, it will bolster the case for promoting cooking at home as a
health behavior for multiple populations.
A two arm randomized control trial will examine whether the addition of an active cooking
lesson versus a passive observed lesson to a behavioral weight loss intervention results in
significantly greater weight loss. Additionally, the study will examine whether interventions
designed to promote cooking at home can increase participants' sense of food agency, and
overcome common barriers to cooking at home such as time scarcity and budget constrictions.
Overweight and obese but otherwise healthy participants (n=64) will be recruited. Recruitment
and study initiation will occur in two waves. Wave 1 aims to recruit 32 individuals who will
then be randomized to 1) a 24 week, 24 session group behavioral weight loss intervention with
12 bi-weekly cooking lessons; or, 2) the same 24 week, 24 session group behavioral weight
loss intervention with 12 bi-weekly cooking demonstrations. Both groups get the same
intervention and the same counselor delivered intervention elements; the presence of active
cooking lessons vs. passive observed cooking demonstrations is the only difference between
conditions. Assessments will be conducted at 0, 3 and 6 months. Wave 2 (n=32) will follow the
same process as Wave 1 approximately two months after Wave 1 is initiated.
lesson versus a passive observed lesson to a behavioral weight loss intervention results in
significantly greater weight loss. Additionally, the study will examine whether interventions
designed to promote cooking at home can increase participants' sense of food agency, and
overcome common barriers to cooking at home such as time scarcity and budget constrictions.
Overweight and obese but otherwise healthy participants (n=64) will be recruited. Recruitment
and study initiation will occur in two waves. Wave 1 aims to recruit 32 individuals who will
then be randomized to 1) a 24 week, 24 session group behavioral weight loss intervention with
12 bi-weekly cooking lessons; or, 2) the same 24 week, 24 session group behavioral weight
loss intervention with 12 bi-weekly cooking demonstrations. Both groups get the same
intervention and the same counselor delivered intervention elements; the presence of active
cooking lessons vs. passive observed cooking demonstrations is the only difference between
conditions. Assessments will be conducted at 0, 3 and 6 months. Wave 2 (n=32) will follow the
same process as Wave 1 approximately two months after Wave 1 is initiated.
Inclusion Criteria:
- only individuals who are cooking (from scratch) no more than 3 meals at home per week
will be eligible.
- must have a computer or smart device with internet access (at home or work) in order
to track their diet and exercise behaviors,
- potential participants will be required to demonstrate some ability to comply with
study intervention procedures to be eligible (specifically, they must complete an
online dietary self-monitoring diary for 3 days)
- must be at least 18 years old and have a BMI between 25-50 kg/m2
- must agree to be randomized to either study arm and available for both scheduled
meeting times in person on the University of Vermont campus
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months or lactating
- physical conditions that would preclude exercise
- medication affecting weight loss
- currently enrolled in another weight loss program
- currently cooking more than 3 meals from scratch at home per week
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