Lifestyle Education and Nutrition Demonstration (BLENDS)

Blending Lifestyle Education and Nutrition Demonstration for Seniors in the Warrensville Heights Community

The Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute has a proven track record of engaging patients in healthy living and eating through education, live cooking demonstrations / hands-on cooking classes, exercise and stress management programs.

As a result of the Community Health Needs Assessment, we are collaborating with Cleveland Clinic Community Outreach and 12th District Representative, John E. Barnes, Jr., to extend our expertise to the community of Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chronic Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Lifestyle Education and Cooking Demonstration

Detailed Description

The City of Warrensville Heights and The Cleveland Clinic are combining efforts to address the paucity of fresh and nutritious foods accessible to seniors in the Warrensville Heights community through a new program at the city's Civic and Senior Center. This program will combine healthy lifestyle education with nutrition demonstration using recipes that can be prepared in a blender. These recipes have been designed to be simple, delicious and easy to eat, and include smoothies, soups and even a few desserts! Our ultimate goal is to use both education and demonstration to promote a mindset change regarding community members' abilities to eat healthy.

The population in the Warrensville Heights community is aging, and there is a high prevalence of chronic diseases including hypertension, diabetes, obesity and kidney disease. A recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) identified engagement and participation in the promotion and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle as a major area for improvement. Currently there is very limited access to healthy foods in the immediate community of Warrensville Heights, and in many cases, the transportation costs required for residents to access those healthy foods is often financially unfeasible. It is clear from this CHNA that both access to and education about healthy food options is sorely needed in this community.

The Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute has a proven track record of engaging patients in healthy living and eating through education, live cooking demonstrations / hands-on cooking classes, exercise and stress management programs. In response to the CHNA and in collaboration with 12th District Representative, John E. Barnes, Jr., the BLENDS study will extend our expertise to the Warrensville Heights community.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 37
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Warrensville Heights, Ohio, United States, 44128
      • Warrensville Heights Senior Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 55 years to 85 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adults 55 years of age or older living in the neighborhoods of Warrensville Heights

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Food allergies
2. Celiac or non-Celiac gluten intolerance
3. Travel plans that do not permit full participation in the intervention
4. Recent unexplained weight loss (10 pounds or more in past 3 months)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: OTHER
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention; Lifestyle Education and Cooking Demonstration	Other: Lifestyle Education and Cooking Demonstration; Participants will receive an interactive cooking demonstration as well as healthy lifestyle education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Behavior Change from Baseline to 2 Months	Food Frequency Surveys	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from Baseline BMI at 2 Months	Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)	2 months
Change from Baseline Waist Circumference at 2 Months	Waist Circumference (cm)	2 months
Change from Baseline Blood Pressure at 2 Months	Blood Pressure (mmHg)	2 months
Change from Baseline Glucose at 2 Months	Point-of-care Glucose (mg/dL)	2 months
Change from Baseline Cholesterol at 2 Months	Point-of-care Cholesterol (mmol/L)	2 months
Change in Quality of Life from Baseline to 2 Months	SF-36 Survey	2 months
Program Evaluation Survey	Investigator-created Survey	2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
• Collaborators: City of Warrensville Heights; Ohio Department of Aging
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Dana L Schneeberger, PhD, The Cleveland Clinic

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): April 13, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): June 15, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): June 15, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2017
• First Posted (ACTUAL): March 30, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 11, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 6, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nutrition; Lifestyle; Cooking
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Chronic Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-046

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No