Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment

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Conditions studied: Dietary Habits

In brief

Most of the nation's serious chronic health challenges and causes of death, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and obesity, are directly linked to sub-optimal diet. Both poor diets and associated disease are disproportionately common in the Appalachian counties of eastern Kentucky, a region with stark health inequities, including elevated rates of obesity, overweight, and premature mortality. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate a multi-component intervention developed through community-based participatory research methods for improving access to healthy foods and enhancing dietary intake in eastern Kentucky. The intervention components evaluated in this study consist of a social marketing campaign delivered to middle and high schools to promote healthy snacking and water consumption, and a series of group cooking classes for adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02399436

Run by

Mark Swanson, PhD

People needed

720

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-19

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For School-Based Component: 6th-12th grade students enrolled in a participating school and classroom in the intervention or comparison county.
• For Cooking Classes: Adults aged 18 years and older residing in intervention county who have at least one juvenile in household.

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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