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Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
Led by University of Kansas Medical Center · Updated on 2025-10-06
114
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
214 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
E
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to see if adding hands-on cooking classes to a weight management program (called Chef-ID) helps young adults with intellectual disabilities lose more weight and keep it off compared to a standard weight loss program. The study will last 24 months and include three phases: 6 months of active support, 12 months of maintenance, and 6 months with no contact. The investigators will look at how much weight participants lose over the first 18 months. Changes in cooking skills, body fat, health markers (like blood pressure and cholesterol), daily living skills, and caregiver stress will be tracked. Finally, factors that might help or prevent weight loss, and how changes in weight and body fat are linked to overall health will be explored. This research will help inform on how to better support healthy lifestyles for people with intellectual disabilities.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID).
- Age between 18 and 35 years.
- Body mass index (BMI) greater than 24.9 and body weight less than 350 pounds.
- Sufficient functional ability to understand directions and communicate food preferences verbally.
- Living at home with a parent or guardian, or in a supported living environment with a caregiver who assists with food shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation and agrees to serve as a study partner.
- Plan to attend all study required visits over the next 24 months.
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to participate in physical activity.
- Having insulin-dependent diabetes.
- Participation in any weight management program involving diet, physical activity, or medication in the past 6 months.
- Diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
- Pregnancy in the previous 6 months, currently breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy in the next 24 months.
- Serious medical risks such as cancer, recent heart attack, stroke, or angioplasty.
- Unwilling to be randomized into study groups.
- Unable to participate in small group, in-person instruction.
- Use of wheelchair or power chair as primary means of mobility.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
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Research Team
L
Lauren Ptomey, PhD
CONTACT
J
Jessica Danon
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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