Nutritious Eating With Soul at Rare Variety Cafe

Nutritious Eating With Soul at Rare Variety Cafe: Local Dissemination and Implementation

To date, few dissemination and implementation (D&I) studies exist of successful healthy eating interventions delivered through restaurant settings. Therefore, the proposed study will investigate the following aims:

Aim 1: Examine reach and adoption of a modified, 12-week NEW Soul vegan intervention delivered through a train-the-trainer approach in a soul food vegan restaurant.

Aim 2: Assess resource use and cost associated with a train-the-trainer D&I approach in a restaurant setting.

Aim 3: Examine effectiveness through changes in participants' diet, self-efficacy, weight loss, and quality of life from baseline to follow-up (3-months) and at maintenance (9-months).

Aim 4: Assess implementation fidelity and participant satisfaction of modified NEW Soul.

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-identify as African American
• between 18-65 years old
• be free on meeting night (Tuesday at 6PM)
• be free of eating disorder
• be free of major health or psychiatric diseases, drug or alcohol dependency, thyroid conditions, diabetes, or pregnancy
• willing to travel weekly to Rare Variety Café

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently following a plant-based/vegan diet
• have a body mass index of under 25 or over 49.9 kg/m2
• currently on medication for diabetes
• women who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding (or plan to become pregnant in the next 24 months)
• currently participating in a weight loss program or taking weight loss medications
• recent weight loss (>10lbs in the last 6 months)
• living in the same household as somebody already participating in the larger NEW Soul Study at the University of South Carolina
• currently in the NEW Soul study