Cooking in Yorkshire
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN68114155 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN68114155 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | KV2021-23PhunkyClusterRCT |
- Submission date
- 18/10/2021
- Registration date
- 22/10/2021
- Last edited
- 10/09/2024
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
PhunkyFoods is a healthy living intervention delivered in primary schools in the UK. Participating school staff are supported with training, school food policy and have access to curriculum resources to improve the delivery of food education. Children can participate in whole school assemblies, classroom activities, and after school clubs about food preparation, cooking healthy meals and healthy living. Schools, parents and children have access to healthy meal recipes through the PhunkyFoods website. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the PhunkyFoods programme on food literacy, cooking skills and eating habits of children aged 6-9 years.
Who can participate?
Pupils aged 7 - 9 years in years 3 and 4 at primary schools in Harrogate and Selby
What does the study involve?
The PhunkyFoods intervention is a flexible programme of options for schools to select from, including whole school assemblies, staff training, classroom activities, school food policy development, after school clubs, student ambassadors, child and parent cook clubs and parent information events.
The study aims to find out what the impact of the PhunkyFoods programme is on children's knowledge about food and nutrition, as well as their food preparation skills and dietary habits. To assess the impact, the research team will collect data through surveys at the beginning of the study and then 8 months after the PhunkyFoods intervention. There will be a short child survey about food and nutrition and cooking skills completed in the classroom. There will be a short food diary for parents to complete about their child's fruit and vegetable intake.
To compare, there will be 15 schools that receive the PhunkyFoods intervention and also 15 schools that receive the normal school curriculum. The researchers will look at all the data collected from the surveys to see if the PhunkyFoods intervention increases food literacy, cooking skills and improves dietary habits compared to schools that do not receive the intervention during the same time period. This comparison is to make sure that any changes are really a result of the PhunkyFoods intervention programme.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
The PhunkyFoods programme could help to increase children's knowledge about food, nutrition and their cooking and food preparation skills. Families could be supported to have a healthy varied diet and higher consumption of fruit and vegetables. The risks are not higher than for any normal school activities. Foods to which a participating child is allergic will not be used. Children involved in food preparation and cooking activities will be supervised by a responsible adult.
Where is the study run from?
University of Leeds (UK)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
August 2021 to April 2023
Who is funding the study?
The Phunkyfoods intervention programme is funded through the Nestle Healthy Kids programme and Purely Nutrition. The study is investigator funded with some financial support from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Leeds (UK)
Who is the main contact?
Karen Vaughan
mc17kv@leeds.ac.uk
Contact information
Public
School of Food Science and Nutrition
G11 Stead House
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
 ORCID ID |
0000-0003-0387-4531 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 (0)113 343 2876 |
| mc17kv@leeds.ac.uk |
Scientific
School of Food Science and Nutrition
G11 Stead House
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
| ORCID ID |
0000-0002-4065-4397 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +44 (0)113 343 3956 |
| c.e.l.evans@leeds.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Cluster randomized control trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Cluster randomised trial |
| Study setting(s) | School |
| Study type | Prevention |
| Participant information sheet | ISRCTN68114155_PIS_V2.pdf |
| Scientific title | Evaluation of the PhunkyFoods intervention on food literacy and cooking skills of children aged 7 – 9 years: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Yorkshire Primary Schools UK |
| Study acronym | PhunkyFoods Cluster-RCT |
| Study hypothesis | The hypothesis of the study is that the PhunkyFoods intervention group will show higher mean scores for food literacy and cooking skills than the mean scores of the control group. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Approved 30/09/2021, School of Business, Environment and Social Services (AREA) Committee at the University of Leeds (The Secretariat, University of Leeds, LS2 9NL, UK; +44 (0)113 343 2876; researchethics@leeds.ac.uk), ref: AREA 21-011 |
| Condition | Healthy dietary choices and prevention of obesity |
| Intervention | Participants will be children aged 7 - 9 years in UK primary schools. Schools based in North Yorkshire (in Harrogate or Selby) will be eligible to volunteer or self-select to participate. Cluster randomization is at the school level. Randomization at the cluster level will be undertaken after baseline measures are collected so that stratified sampling can be used to minimize the imbalance between covariate means. Randomization will be to either the PhunkyFoods intervention group or to the Control (no intervention) group at a ratio of 1:1. There will be no masking for school and child participants, as the intervention is an experiential teaching programme and therefore cannot be masked. The PhunkyFoods intervention is a flexible programme of options for schools to select from, including whole school assemblies, staff training, classroom activities, school food policy development, after school clubs, student ambassadors, child and parent cook clubs and parent information events. |
| Intervention type | Behavioural |
| Primary outcome measure | 1. Food literacy measured by the Tool for Food Literacy Assessment in Children (TFLAC - UK) at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2) 2. Cooking skills measured by the CooC11 child survey at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2) |
| Secondary outcome measures | Fruit and vegetable intake measured using the Child Assessment of Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET) at baseline (T1) and at 8 months post-intervention delivery (T2) |
| Overall study start date | 01/08/2021 |
| Overall study end date | 30/04/2023 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Other |
|---|---|
| Age group | Child |
| Lower age limit | 7 Years |
| Upper age limit | 9 Years |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | The target number of participants is 400+. The study design is for 30 clusters (schools), with 15 in each arm of the trial. Each cluster will have a minimum of 15 children for an effectively powered study. To make this practical in schools, and to allow for drop out and loss to follow-up, each school will have one class of 20-30 children participating, depending on how many are in the class that the school selects. Only classes in year groups 3 and 4 will be included. Schools serving communities with high levels of deprivation are especially welcome. |
| Total final enrolment | 704 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | Children aged 7 – 9 years in mainstream primary schools |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Children in years reception, 1, 2, 5 or 6 |
| Recruitment start date | 15/12/2021 |
| Recruitment end date | 24/03/2022 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
G11 Stead House
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University/education
c/o Prof. Jason Halford
G.02 Psychology Building
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
United Kingdom
| Phone | +44 (0)113 343 6678 |
|---|---|
| J.Halford@leeds.ac.uk | |
| Website | https://www.leeds.ac.uk |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/024mrxd33 |
Funders
Funder type
Other
No information available
No information available
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 31/10/2024 |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Stored in non-publicly available repository |
| Publication and dissemination plan | 1. Protocol paper, to submit by end of 2021, early 2022 2. Interim results may be reported in a conference submission in Summer 2023, ahead of a publication in a journal 3. One or two journal papers detailing the findings of methods, RCT outcomes to submit around December 2023 4. A study protocol and statistical analysis plan will be provided when this is available |
| IPD sharing plan | Electronic data will be stored on the University of Leeds SAN (Storage Area Network), which comprises enterprise-level disk storage and file servers located in physically secure data centres with appropriate fire suppression equipment. Snapshots are taken every day at 10 pm (and accessible for 1 month). A second level of snapshots is taken every month and are kept for 11 months. Snapshots are user recoverable from the desktop. Consent to store data will be obtained and the data will be anonymised. |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant information sheet | version 2 | 16/12/2021 | No | Yes | |
| Protocol article | 01/08/2022 | 01/08/2022 | Yes | No |
Additional files
Editorial Notes
10/09/2024: The intention to publish date was changed from 31/03/2024 to 31/10/2024.
18/07/2023: The following changes have been made and the plain English summary updated accordingly:
1. The overall study end date was changed from 31/07/2023 to 30/04/2023.
2. The total final enrolment was added.
3. The intention to publish date was changed from 01/12/2023 to 31/03/2024.
4. The recruitment start date has been changed from 01/12/2021 to 15/12/2021.
5. The recruitment end date has been changed from 30/03/2022 to 24/03/2022.
01/08/2022: Publication reference added.
16/12/2021: The participant information sheet has been uploaded.
21/10/2021: Trial's existence confirmed by the AREA ethics committee at University of Leeds.
