Cooking up a solution: new study tests kitchen skills for weight loss in intellectual disabilities
NCT ID NCT06961591
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 12, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding hands-on cooking classes to a standard weight loss program helps young adults (18-35) with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities lose more weight and keep it off. Over 24 months, 114 participants will either follow a healthy eating plan with coaching or also attend cooking classes. Researchers will track weight, body fat, and health markers like blood pressure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cooking classes and a healthy eating plan
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical way to help people with intellectual disabilities manage their weight long-term.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control for the cooking classes alone. Weight loss may be modest and not sustained after the program ends.
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Study facts
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- 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 114 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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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18 to 35 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: 1. Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID). 2. 18-35 years of age. 3. BMI \>24.9, Body weight \<350lbs. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Plan to attend all study required visits over the next 24 mos. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to participate in PA. 2. Insulin dependent diabetes as this condition requires medical monitoring beyond the scope of this study. 3. Participation in a weight management program involving diet, PA, or pharmacotherapy in the past 6 mos. 4. Diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome. 5. 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. 6. Serious medical risk, e.g., cancer, recent heart attack, stroke, angioplasty as determined by the PCP. 7. Unwilling to be randomized. 8. Unable to participate in small group, in-person instruction. 9. Use of wheelchair or power chair as primary locomotion.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kansas Medical Center
RECRUITINGKansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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