Denver Garden Environment and Microbiome Study Disease

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Diet Modification, Physical Activity, Weight Gain, Chronic Disease, Lifestyle, Sedentary, Health Behavior

In brief

An interdisciplinary team with extensive garden study experience conducted a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial to see whether gardening reduced risk factors for diseases like cancer and heart disease. The pilot trial will provide preliminary data on associations between human microbiome, diet, physical activity, and social interactions and the outcomes of weight status and key inflammatory biomarkers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03089151

Run by

University of Colorado, Boulder

People needed

16

Starts

2016-06-02

Expected to finish

2017-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to give informed consent in English or Spanish
• Aged 18 or over
• Currently on the wait list for a new garden
• Not have gardened in the past 2 gardening seasons

You may not qualify if…

• Is not able to complete the study requirements in Spanish or English
• Aged 17 or younger
• Has gardened in the past 2 gardening seasons

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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