Cook like a Boss Online: an adapted intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic that effectively improved children’s perceived cooking competence, movement competence and wellbeing

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Research

David Gaul¹  Lynsey Hollywood²  Fiona Lavelle³  Johann Issartel⁴  Clare Elizabeth Collins⁵  Elaine Mooney⁶  Amanda McCloat⁶ 

[1]Department of Business, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

[2]Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ulster University Business School, Ulster University, Belfast, UK

[3]Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, BT9 5DL, Belfast, UK

[4]Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK

[5]Multisensory Motor Learning Lab, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

[6]School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, 2308, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

[7]Hunter Medical Research Institute, 2305, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia

[8]School of Home Economics, National Centre for Excellence for Home Economics, St. Angela’s College Sligo, Sligo, Ireland

关键词: e-health;    Cooking;    Movement;    Wellbeing;    COVID-19;    Children;    Intervention;    Perceived competence;    Culinary nutrition;    Motor skills;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-022-01378-x

 received in 2022-06-21, accepted in 2022-11-08,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated physical inactivity, poor dietary intake and reduced mental wellbeing, contributing factors to non-communicable diseases in children. Cooking interventions are proposed as having a positive influence on children’s diet quality. Motor skills have been highlighted as essential for performance of cooking skills, and this movement may contribute to wellbeing. Additionally, perceived competence is a motivator for behaviour performance and thus important for understanding intervention effectiveness. Therefore, this research aimed to assess the effectiveness of an adapted virtual theory-based cooking intervention on perceived cooking competence, perceived movement competence and wellbeing.MethodsThe effective theory-driven and co-created ‘Cook Like A Boss’ was adapted to a virtual five day camp-styled intervention, with 248 children across the island of Ireland participating during the pandemic. Pre- and post-intervention assessments of perceived cooking competence, perceived movement competence and wellbeing using validated measurements were completed through online surveys. Bivariate Correlations, paired samples t-tests and Hierarchical multiple regression modelling was conducted using SPSS to understand the relationships between the variables and the effect of the intervention.Results210 participants had matched survey data and were included in analysis. Significant positive correlations were shown between perceived cooking competence, perceived movement competence and wellbeing (P < 0.05). Children’s perceived cooking competence (P < 0.001, medium to large effect size), perceived movement competence (P < 0.001, small to medium effect size) and wellbeing (P = 0.013, small effect size) all significantly increased from pre to post intervention. For the Hierarchical regression, the final model explained 57% of the total variance in participants’ post-intervention perceived cooking competence. Each model explained a significant amount of variance (P < 0.05). Pre-intervention perceived cooking competence, wellbeing, age and perceived movement competence were significant predictors for post-intervention perceived cooking competence in the final model.ConclusionThe ‘Cook Like A Boss’ Online intervention was an adapted virtual outreach intervention. It provides initial evidence for the associations between perceived cooking competence, perceived movement and wellbeing as well as being effective in their improvement. This research shows the potential for cooking to be used as a mechanism for targeting improvements in not only diet quality but also movement and wellbeing.Trial RegistrationNCT05395234. Retrospectively registered on 26th May 2022.

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