Tanglewood to Table: A Walking Farmer's Market Group and Control

NCT03567252 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 44215P42ES007380
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 157
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This program encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Thursday or Saturday. The study aims to determine if walking to the market to receive vouchers improve health outcomes beyond controls who receive nutrition education.

Conditions

Dietary Habits

Keywords

Appalachia; Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Fruit Intake

  Participants will complete a survey indicating the total servings of fruit consumed (possible answers range from 1 serving in 3 months to 3 servings per day). Survey will be measured at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months. Data will be presented as average servings of fruit per group over time.

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

• Vegetable Intake

  Participants will complete a survey indicating the total servings of vegetables consumed (possible answers range from 1 serving in 3 months to 3 servings per day). Survey will be measured at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months. Data will be presented as average servings of vegetables per group over time.

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

Secondary Outcomes (20)

• Change in Understanding of Plant-based Nutrients

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

• Change in Believing in the Benefits of Plant-based Nutrients

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

• Change in Believing in the Preventative Effects of Plant-based Nutrients

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

• Change in Believing in the Role of a Healthy Diet in Protecting Health From Pollutants

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

• Change in Knowledge of Which Foods Contain Phytonutrients

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change in Total Steps Taken Per Day

  Baseline, 4 months and 8 months

Study Arms (2)

Walking Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group will join an established walking group and travel by foot 1 kilometer to a local Farmer's Market. They will also receive handouts about nutrition information and nutritional choices.

Behavioral: Walking Group

Non-Walking Group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in this group will have no walking requirement. They will receive handouts about nutrition information and nutritional choices.

Interventions

Walking Group BEHAVIORAL

Participants will walk 1 kilometer to a Farmer's Market.

Walking Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years
• non-pregnant
• moderate to good health (able to walk approximately 1 mile)

You may not qualify if:

• under 18 years
• pregnant
• poor health (unable to walk approximately 1 mile)
• institutionalized adults
• impaired consent capacity
• prisoners

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dawn Brewer: lead
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Ann Koempel
• Organization: University of Kentucky

ann.koempel@uky.edu

(859) 257-3800

Study Officials

• Dawn Brewer, PhD

  University of Kentucky

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Participants will be compared between walking and non-walking groups to assess dietary behavior.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2018
• First Posted: June 25, 2018
• Study Start: May 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: May 21, 2019
• Study Completion: May 21, 2019
• Last Updated: July 23, 2021
• Results First Posted: July 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)