Can cooking classes and exercise outperform medically tailored groceries for heart and kidney health?
NCT ID NCT06461273
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 3-month community program combining nutrition education, cooking classes, and exercise can improve health outcomes for people with Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic (CKM) syndrome—a cluster of conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity. Participants are randomly assigned to the lifestyle program, standard medical care, or receiving healthy groceries. The goal is to see if the lifestyle approach can reduce or reverse disease measures and decrease medication needs.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Lifestyle Medicine Program (culinary and nutrition education plus exercise sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical, community-based way to reduce or even reverse multiple chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity without relying on medications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 37 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program requires significant lifestyle changes, and long-term adherence or benefits are not yet proven.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Rutgers Health New Jersey Family Practice Center
Newark, New Jersey, 07103, United States
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