Healthy cooking classes for home cooks to help Emirati adults with overweight or obesity
Tests a healthy cooking program for home cooks, in Emirati adults with overweight or obesity.
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Registry title: Cooking Classes as a Family-based Intervention for Weight Reduction: Effects on Dietary Quality and Weight Management in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Key facts
- Where
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 60 years old?
Source: NCT07675148, who can take part
Where in United Arab Emirates
- Institute for Healthier Living Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
- Trial code
- NCT07675148
- Record updated
- 20 July 2026
- Original description
The goal of this quasi-experimental interventional study is to learn if healthy cooking classes for home cooks can improve weight management and dietary quality among Emirati adults with overweight or obesity living in Abu Dhabi. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Cooking Classes as a Family-based Intervention for Weight Reduction: Effects on Dietary Quality and Weight Management in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
The goal of this quasi-experimental interventional study is to learn if healthy cooking classes for home cooks can improve weight management and dietary quality among Emirati adults with overweight or obesity living in Abu Dhabi. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does participation in the culinary medicine program reduce body weight over time? * Does the intervention improve diet quality and increase compliance with healthy home-cooked meals? * Does the intervention improve health measures such as waist circumference, body fat percentage, blood pressure, and heart rate? * What are the experiences and satisfaction levels of participating family members and trained home cooks?
Participants will:
* Enroll in a 3-month family-based nutrition intervention program * Receive meals prepared by home cooks trained in culinary medicine through the ICCA program * Complete assessments before the intervention, during the intervention, and 3 months after completion * Undergo measurements including weight, waist circumference, body fat percentage, blood pressure, and heart rate * Complete questionnaires about diet quality, meal habits, and overall program experience
Inclusion: Emirati; Based in Abu Dhabi; Home cooked meals prepared by full-time home cooks who are certified in the ICCA Culinary Medicine course (post 4 weeks cooking training); Certified home cooks are residing with participant during the training and intervention; Aged between 18 years and 60 years; BMI between 28-40 kg/m2; Participant and cooks being able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion: Undergone surgery within 3 months prior to study recruitment, including bariatric surgery; Undergoing treatment for serious illnesses (active cancer), planned for surgery, interventional management, and immunomodulation; Body weight exceeding 220 kilograms at the time of recruitment; Enrolled in other lifestyle intervention programs.