Phipps Conservatory's 5210 Let's Move Pittsburgh and Impact on Youth With T1D

Summary

Managing T1D requires a demanding regimen to keep blood sugars in control and stay healthy. Despite recent advances, this remains extremely challenging for children and their families, who usually report having the most difficulty with the healthy eating aspect of the management, sometimes more so than having to administer insulin or monitor sugar levels. In addition to high sugars, the rise in obesity in the last decades has contributed to the risk of long-term complications of T1D such as cardiovascular disease and renal failure.

More than a third of youngsters with T1D are now overweight which makes the management of T1D much more challenging. The problem of obesity is much greater in the socially and economically disadvantaged groups as healthy eating is considered expensive. To educate kids with T1D and their families on healthy eating on a reasonable budget, in partnership with Phipps Conservatory's 5210 Let's Move Pittsburgh program, the investigators initiated virtual cooking classes during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This proposal's objective is to start to evaluate the potential medical benefits as the investigators expand this program.

The investigators expect the children who participate will show improvement in diabetes control, favorable decrease or maintenance of their weight and BMI when compared to their pre-intervention visit and to the control group, and improved knowledge about nutrition and healthy food choices when comparing pre- and post-intervention assessments.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual cooking classes

Two cooking classes monthly (virtual) for three months (in addition to their routine diabetes care) with the support of a diabetes educator, nutritionist, and professional chef.

OTHER

Routine Diabetes Care

Meet with multidisciplinary diabetes care team, including clinician, nutritionist, and diabetes educator, every 3 months to review glycemic control, general health, and medication management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Pittsburgh Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ingrid Libman, MD, PhD · UPMC Children's Hopsital of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-12-04

Primary Completion

2025-03-19

Completion

2025-03-19

Countries

• United States

Study Locations