Can home gardens and cooking classes tame diabetes and high blood pressure?

NCT ID NCT06526273

First seen Mar 11, 2026

Summary

This study tests a program called PILI 'Āina that combines lifestyle lessons, home gardens, and cooking classes to help Native Hawaiians manage type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. About 210 overweight or obese Native Hawaiian adults with these conditions will take part. The goal is to see if the program improves diet quality, weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • Kapolei Community Development Corporation

    RECRUITING

    Kapolei, Hawaii, 96707, United States

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  • Kula no nā Po'e Hawai'i

    RECRUITING

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

behavioral intervention (Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle lessons plus raised-bed home garden and cooking classes)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could provide a culturally tailored, community-based way to help Native Hawaiians better manage cardiometabolic conditions and reduce related health risks.

What could go wrong

This is a relatively small, early-stage behavioral study without a control group for comparison. Results may not apply broadly, and adherence to the garden and lifestyle changes may vary.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Dyslipidemias hyperlipidemia hypertensive disorder inherited lipid metabolism disorder Obesity obesity disorder Overweight prediabetes syndrome type 2 diabetes mellitus

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.