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Create Our Own Kai: An intensive cooking class for healthy adolescents - A pilot study

Cooking with confidence: Providing adolescents with cooking skills for a healthy life. Effects on cooking skills and confidence in the kitchen.

Sponsor

University of Otago

Enrollment

24 participants

Start Date

Nov 28, 2016

Study Type

Interventional

Conditions

Cooking skills and confidence in the kitchen

Summary

To implement and deliver an interactive intensive cooking programme to 24 Year 11students from Dunedin schools, so that students: (a) have increased self-efficacy/confidence for cooking. We will follow up participants directly after completion of the intensive programme.

Eligibility

Sex: Both males and femalesMin Age: 13 YearssMax Age: 17 Yearss

Plain Language Summary

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This study is delivering an interactive intensive cooking class to Year 11 students in Dunedin, New Zealand to build their confidence and skills in preparing healthy meals. Researchers want to measure whether the program increases students' belief in their own ability to cook — a key step toward healthier eating habits as young people gain more independence. You may be eligible if: - You are a Year 9 to 11 student at a Dunedin school - You are able to provide your own consent (or your parent or guardian has consented) You may NOT be eligible if: - You are unable to provide consent yourself - Your parents or guardians have not given consent for your participation Talk to your doctor about whether this trial might be right for you.

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Interventions

Participants will attend informal, interactive cooking classes for five consecutive days. during December 2016. Each of the five days classes will last approximately seven hours. Participants will

Participants will attend informal, interactive cooking classes for five consecutive days. during December 2016. Each of the five days classes will last approximately seven hours. Participants will learn how to cook ten meals, in groups of two, and we will provide all the food for them to do this. These classes are especially designed for adolescents and to be fun. They will be led by a trained chef and dietitian who have previosly developed this prorgam and ran it successfully in South Australian schools. There will be input from local role models. Participants will also be able to ask any questions they have about food and health. We will also ask them to fill in a questionnaire about food and cooking and things related to this (e.g. physical activity, food choice) and measure their height and weight. On the last day of the classes they will cook a meal for their family, who will be invited to join the class to eat this, and to take part in another cooking and information session. Classes will take part in the University of Otago College of Education Food Technology suite.

Locations(1)

Otago, New Zealand

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