Cooking in Yorkshire

Evaluation of the PhunkyFoods intervention on food literacy and cooking skills of children aged 7 – 9 years: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Yorkshire Primary Schools UK

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN68114155

Enrollment

400

Registered

2021-10-22

Start date

2021-12-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-08

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Conditions

Healthy dietary choices and prevention of obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Participants will be children aged 7 - 9 years in UK primary schools. Schools based in North Yorkshire (in Harrogate or Selby) will be eligible to volunteer or self-select to participate. Cluster ran

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged 7 – 9 years in mainstream primary schools

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children in years reception, 1, 2, 5 or 6

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Food literacy measured by the Tool for Food Literacy Assessment in Children (TFLAC - UK) at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2) 2. Cooking skills measured by the CooC11 child survey at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Fruit and vegetable intake measured using the Child Assessment of Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET) at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2)	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactKaren Vaughan

mc17kv@leeds.ac.uk+44 (0)113 343 2876

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026