Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Description

The goal of this study is to see if adding hands-on cooking classes to a weight management program (called Chef-ID) helps young adults with intellectual disabilities lose more weight and keep it off compared to a standard weight loss program. The study will last 24 months and include three phases: 6 months of active support, 12 months of maintenance, and 6 months with no contact. The investigators will look at how much weight participants lose over the first 18 months. Changes in cooking skills, body fat, health markers (like blood pressure and cholesterol), daily living skills, and caregiver stress will be tracked. Finally, factors that might help or prevent weight loss, and how changes in weight and body fat are linked to overall health will be explored. This research will help inform on how to better support healthy lifestyles for people with intellectual disabilities.

Conditions

Intellectual Disability, Overweight and Obesity

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Study overview

The goal of this study is to see if adding hands-on cooking classes to a weight management program (called Chef-ID) helps young adults with intellectual disabilities lose more weight and keep it off compared to a standard weight loss program. The study will last 24 months and include three phases: 6 months of active support, 12 months of maintenance, and 6 months with no contact. The investigators will look at how much weight participants lose over the first 18 months. Changes in cooking skills, body fat, health markers (like blood pressure and cholesterol), daily living skills, and caregiver stress will be tracked. Finally, factors that might help or prevent weight loss, and how changes in weight and body fat are linked to overall health will be explored. This research will help inform on how to better support healthy lifestyles for people with intellectual disabilities.

Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Condition
Intellectual Disability
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Kansas City

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID)
  • 2. 18-35 years of age
  • 3. BMI \>24.9, Body weight \<350lbs
  • 4. Sufficient functional ability to understand directions, communicate preferences, e.g., foods, wants, and can communicate through spoken language e.g., request more to eat/drink, asks for assistance with food preparation.
  • 5. Living at home with a parent/guardian, or in a supported living environment with a caregiver who assists with food shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation and agrees to serve as a study partner.
  • 6. Plan to attend all study required visits over the next 24 mos.
  • 1. Unable to participate in PA
  • 2. Insulin dependent diabetes as this condition requires medical monitoring beyond the scope of this study
  • 3. Participation in a weight management program involving diet, PA, or pharmacotherapy in the past 6 mos.
  • 4. Diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • 5. Pregnancy during the previous 6 mos., currently lactating or planned pregnancy in the following 24 mos. Participants who become pregnant will be removed from the study and referred toappropriate agencies for consultation.
  • 6. Serious medical risk, e.g., cancer, recent heart attack, stroke, angioplasty as determined by the PCP.
  • 7. Unwilling to be randomized.
  • 8. Unable to participate in small group in person instruction.
  • 9. Use of wheelchair or power chair as primary locomotion.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 35 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Kansas Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2029-07-01