Super Chef - an Online Program Promoting the Mediterranean Dietary Pattern to Lower Income Families

Description

Given the limited effectiveness of single food group-targeted interventions to enhance child nutrition, a key component of current and future health, innovative approaches are needed. Healthy dietary patterns are emerging as an important intervention target, and the Mediterranean Dietary pattern has been particularly effective at reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors, a leading cause of death in the US. Since parents are the gatekeepers of the home food environment and influence child intake through food-related parenting practices, children enjoy cooking with parents, and home food preparation is associated with more healthful dietary intake. Therefore, the investigators propose to develop and assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an online cooking intervention for parent-child dyads living in low-income households that promotes the Mediterranean dietary pattern and healthful food-related parenting practices.

Conditions

Feasibility, Diet, Healthy

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Study overview

Given the limited effectiveness of single food group-targeted interventions to enhance child nutrition, a key component of current and future health, innovative approaches are needed. Healthy dietary patterns are emerging as an important intervention target, and the Mediterranean Dietary pattern has been particularly effective at reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors, a leading cause of death in the US. Since parents are the gatekeepers of the home food environment and influence child intake through food-related parenting practices, children enjoy cooking with parents, and home food preparation is associated with more healthful dietary intake. Therefore, the investigators propose to develop and assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an online cooking intervention for parent-child dyads living in low-income households that promotes the Mediterranean dietary pattern and healthful food-related parenting practices.

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Super Chef - an Online Program Promoting the Mediterranean Dietary Pattern to Lower Income Families

Condition
Feasibility
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * a 10-12 years old child and a parent/caregiver
  • * family qualifies for free or reduced price meals at school
  • * reliable internet access
  • * resident of Texas
  • * fluent in English
  • * major auditory or vision impairment
  • * lack of binocular vision
  • * history of seizure disorder
  • * claustrophobia
  • * vertigo
  • * psychiatric conditions (e.g., paranoia, manic depressive psychosis)
  • * prior dizziness or motion sickness when using virtual reality
  • * currently being treated with medications or medical condition that impacts dietary intake (e.g., cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) or ability to participate in data collection (e.g., intellectual impairments)
  • * physician advice to modify diet for a current or ongoing health or medical condition
  • * eligible but child birth sex stratum (male, female) filled
  • * another parent or sibling participated in program development

Ages Eligible for Study

10 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Baylor College of Medicine,

Deborah Thompson, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, USDA/ARS CNRC, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30