School lunch makeover: can Co-Created menus curb teen obesity?
NCT ID NCT07332676
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether a nutrition program designed with input from students, parents, teachers, and cafeteria staff can improve the weight and eating habits of adolescents. About 2,600 teens in grades 7-9 across 52 schools in India and Nepal will take part. Researchers will measure height, weight, diet, and activity levels before and after 12 months to see if the program helps more teens reach a healthy weight.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- multicomponent school nutrition intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a low-cost, scalable way to improve nutrition and reduce obesity in adolescents in low-resource settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no results yet. The intervention is complex and may be hard to implement consistently across schools. Success depends on local buy-in and long-term maintenance.
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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 2,600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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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11 to 15 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adolescents studying in grade 7 to 9 (aged 11-15 years) Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria: * Adolescents with siblings enrolled in schools assigned to a different trial arm to avoid clustering, with underlying medical conditions and those who plan to change school within one year of enrollment (during follow up period) will be excluded.
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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 in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Budhanilakantha Municipality
Budhanilakantha, Bagmati, Nepal
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Delhi
Delhi, India
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