Status:
RECRUITING
Cooking Skills to Improve Long-Term Weight Loss in Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
Lead Sponsor:
University of Kansas Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Intellectual Disability
Overweight and Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-35 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 c...
Detailed Description
This study will compare two different approaches to long-term weight loss in young adults (ages 18-30) with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities. One group will follow a traditional weight loss ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID).
- 18-35 years of age.
- BMI \>24.9, Body weight \<350lbs.
- Sufficient functional ability to understand directions, communicate preferences, e.g., foods, wants, and can communicate through spoken language e.g., request more to eat/drink, asks for assistance with food preparation.
- Living at home with a parent/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 mos.
Exclusion
- Unable to participate in PA.
- Insulin dependent diabetes as this condition requires medical monitoring beyond the scope of this study.
- Participation in a weight management program involving diet, PA, or pharmacotherapy in the past 6 mos.
- Diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
- Pregnancy during the previous 6 mos., currently lactating or planned pregnancy in the following 24 mos. Participants who become pregnant will be removed from the study and referred to appropriate agencies for consultation.
- Serious medical risk, e.g., cancer, recent heart attack, stroke, angioplasty as determined by the PCP.
- Unwilling to be randomized.
- Unable to participate in small group, in-person instruction.
- Use of wheelchair or power chair as primary locomotion.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 19 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2029
Estimated Enrollment :
114 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06961591
Start Date
May 19 2025
End Date
July 1 2029
Last Update
October 6 2025
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160