Cooking classes and tailored groceries could help teens manage weight
NCT ID NCT07717658
First seen Jul 21, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a family-based program for teens aged 12-17 with obesity. Families receive monthly group medical visits, six cooking classes, and twelve months of groceries tailored to health goals like weight management. The goal is to see if this combination helps lower BMI and improve overall health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a program combining culinary medicine classes, medically tailored groceries, and shared medical appointments
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a practical, family-centered way to help adolescents manage weight and improve health without medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage study with 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program requires significant time and commitment from families.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: For children: * Child aged 12-17 years at time of enrollment (inclusive) * BMI ≥ 95% for age and sex based on CDC growth charts * Comfortable speaking and reading English (due to limitations in intervention materials and qualitative data collection tools) * Child is an active patient at Tufts Medical Center * Child can provide assent, Willing and able to participate in the 18-month study, including attendance at scheduled in-person or telehealth sessions * Access to a device with internet capability (e.g., computer, tablet, or smartphone) to engage with online intervention For parents or guardians: * Age 18+ at time of enrollment * Primary caregiver is the legal guardian of the child * Comfortable speaking and reading English (due to limitations in intervention materials and qualitative data collection tools) * Can provide consent, Willing and able to participate in the 12-month study, including attendance at scheduled in-person or telehealth sessions * Access to a device with internet capability (e.g., computer, tablet, or smartphone) to engage with online intervention components. Exclusion Criteria: For Children: * Participation is medically or developmentally inappropriate, including but not limited to: Severe intellectual disability or cognitive impairment preventing meaningful participation, Active eating disorder diagnosis or concerning disordered eating behaviors, Severe physical limitations or mobility impairments that would limit participation in lifestyle activities, Active unmanaged psychiatric condition (e.g., acute suicidality or psychosis) that may interfere with participation or consent * Planned bariatric surgery or other weight loss procedures during the 12-month study period * Child is currently pregnant or plans to become so in the next 12 months * Plans to relocate or transfer care away from the participating clinic during the 12-month study period * Concurrent participation in another weight management clinical trial that could confound results or interfere with study activities * Parent is unwilling or unable to participate in the study * Child is a parent (has their own child), is in the armed forces, or lives independently and manages their own affairs (emancipated) * Child is a foster child, in state custody, or has an open DCF case pending as identified in the electronic medical record or disclosed verbally by child or guardian. For parent: * Severe intellectual disability or cognitive impairment preventing meaningful participation * Plans to relocate or transfer care away from the participating clinic during the 12-month study period * Unwilling or unable to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tufts Medical Center
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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Tufts University
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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