Food Insecurity, Obesity Prevention
Conditions
Keywords
College student food insecurity, Gardening nutrition intervention, college students, nutrition education, social cognitive theory
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an urban gardening nutrition education program can have positive health effects on food insecure college students. The main question it aims to answer is to determine whether an 8-week urban-gardening nutrition intervention can improve fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat percentage in college students with food insecurity. Participants will: Fill out a questionnaire regarding demographics, food insecurity, fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy and health beliefs. Allow researchers to measure height, weight and body fat percentage Participate in a 1-hour education cooking or gardening session once a week for 8 weeks Receive text message reminders for meeting dates
Interventions
BEHAVIORALGardening Nutrition Education Program
This intervention was a 6-week Social Cognitive Theory based, urban gardening, cooking and nutrition education program designed to change health behavior mediators, fruit and vegetable intake, stress, and life satisfaction in food insecure college students.
Sponsors
Florida International University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Must be enrolled at FIU * Age 18+ years old * Literate in English * Food insecure
Exclusion criteria
* Students who are student athletes * Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Fruit and Vegetable Intake at 8 Weeks | From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks | Fruit and vegetable intake was measured using the National Cancer Institute's Fruit and Vegetable Screener as well as through a 1-item question, Yesterday, how many servings of fruits and vegetables did you consume? Higher numbers indicate higher levels of fruit and vegetable intake. |
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Stress Scores at 8 Weeks | From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks | Stress levels was measured using Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of stress. |
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Life Satisfaction Scores at 8 Weeks | From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks | Life Satisfaction was measured using Diener's Quality of Life. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of life satisfaction. |
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Body Mass Index Scores at 8 Weeks | From enrollment to the end of interventiont at 8 weeks | Anthropometrics were collected from all participants using standard techniques. Height was measured barefoot by stadiometer and weight was measured barefoot by a digital scale, with empty pockets and without heavy clothing such as sweaters. Participants will also self-report their height and weight for reference. BMI was calculated using the standard equation using height (cm) and weight (kg) Higher numbers indicate higher BMI. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Nutrition Knowledge Scores | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks | Nutrition knowledge was measured using an adapted version of 20- item Dickson-Spillmann Consumer Oriented Nutrition Knowledge Survey (CoNKS). 10 population relevant True or False style questions were included. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of nutrition knowledge. |
| Change from Baseline in the Mean Self Efficacy, Outcome Expectation and Reciprocal Determinism | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 8 weeks | Behavior change was measured through Social Cognitive Theory constructs. These will be measured through Dewar's SCT constructs scales. Higher numbers indicate higher levels of self-efficacy, outcome expectations and reciprocal determinism. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed