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Effect of Hip Hop Nutrition-Math Curriculum

NCT03952754 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 560

Last updated 2025-06-13

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Summary

This study is testing the efficacy of the integrative approach to:

1. teach 5th grade children menu board calorie literacy as measured by our novel recently validated menu board calorie literacy (MBCL) instrument;
2. provide strategies designed to improve food purchasing behaviors; and
3. facilitate the transmission of core lesson messages from children to parents via a procedure that we have termed "Child Mediated Health Communication (CMHC)".

Conditions

  • Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Hip Hop Nutrition-Math Curriculum

This program teaches children skills needed to understand restaurant-menu boards, how to make healthy food choices, while reinforcing the common core math concepts they are learning in school. The program consists of: 2 lessons a week, of about 1 hour each lesson, for a total of 20 lessons.

BEHAVIORAL

Food Explorers Program

After-school program Food Explorers will represent "Usual Care". This program comprises food and exploration activities, familiarizing children with diverse foods, nutrition concepts, tasty recipes and physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olajide A. Williams, MD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-07
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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