Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2015
Design and methodology of the LA Sprouts nutrition, cooking and gardening program for Latino youth: A randomized controlled intervention.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Garden-based interventions and early childhood health: an umbrella review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Psychosocial Mediators of Vegetable Intake in Schoolchildren From Low-Income and Racial and Ethnic Minority US Families: Findings From the Texas Sprouts Intervention.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Trial
- Effects of a School-Based Gardening, Cooking, and Nutrition Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial on Unprocessed and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Impact of a School-Based Gardening, Cooking, Nutrition Intervention on Diet Intake and Quality: The TX Sprouts Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- LA sprouts randomized controlled nutrition, cooking and gardening programme reduces obesity and metabolic risk in Hispanic/Latino youth.Pediatric obesity · 2017Trial
- LA Sprouts: A 12-Week Gardening, Nutrition, and Cooking Randomized Control Trial Improves Determinants of Dietary Behaviors.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2016Trial
- LA sprouts randomized controlled nutrition and gardening program reduces obesity and metabolic risk in Latino youth.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Trial
- Cooking and Gardening Behaviors and Improvements in Dietary Intake in Hispanic/Latino Youth.Childhood obesity (Print)Trial
- Scoping Review of Culinary Interventions in Schools: Mapping Practices to Promote Food Education and Equity.The Journal of school health · 2026Review
- Learning About Healthy Nutrition by Doing: Experiential Approaches in School-Based Nutrition Education.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Article
- Development of an Assessment Tool to Measure Healthy Eating in Navajo Children and Their Families.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- School-based intervention impacts availability of vegetables and beverages in participants' homes.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Group Randomized Trial of Healthy Eating and Gardening Intervention in Navajo Elementary Schools (Yéego!).AJPM focus · 2022Article
- Review
- Engaging School and Family in Navajo Gardening for Health: Development of the Yéego Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating among Navajo Children.Health behavior and policy review · 2021Article
- Associations between Child and Parent Knowledge of Added Sugar Recommendations and Added Sugar Intake in Multiethnic Elementary-Aged Children.Current developments in nutrition · 2020Article
- Design and participant characteristics of TX sprouts: A school-based cluster randomized gardening, nutrition, and cooking intervention.Contemporary clinical trials · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe LA Sprouts 12-week nutrition, cooking and gardening intervention targets obesity reduction in Latino children. While other gardening and nutrition programs are shown to improve dietary intake, LA Sprouts is unique in that it utilized a curriculum demonstrated to decrease obesity. This methodology paper outlines the design and processes of the LA Sprouts study, and discusses key strategies employed to foster successful implementation of the program.
settingAfter-school program in four Los Angeles elementary schools. SUBJECTS: 3rd-5th grade students.
designRandomized controlled trial. Gardens were built on two of four school campuses, and the 90-minute weekly lessons focused on strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, gardening at school and home, and cooking healthy meals/snacks. Data collection was conducted pre- and post-intervention and included basic clinical and anthropometric measures, dietary intake and psychosocial constructs measured by questionnaire, and an optional fasting blood draw.
resultsBaseline data was collected from 364 children, and 320 (88%) completed follow-up. No participants withdrew from the program (data were missing for other reasons). Intervention students attended 9.7 ± 2.3 lessons. Fasting blood samples were collected on 169 children at baseline, and 113 (67%) at follow-up. Questionnaire scales had good internal consistency (IC) and intra-rater reliability (IRR; in child scales: 88% items with IC > 0.7 and 70% items with IRR > 0.50; in parent scales: 75% items with IC > 0.7).
conclusionsThe intervention was successfully implemented in the schools and scales appear appropriate to evaluate psychosocial constructs relevant to a gardening intervention.
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