Evaluation of the Effect of the "Eat Less Meat" One-month Challenge on Meat Consumption Among French University Students
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 366
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from Baseline Meat consumption at 1 month (during intervention)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
In a context where meat consumption should be dramatically reduced in western countries to improve both population and planet health, the "Eat Less Meat" one-month challenge is a new behavioural intervention that aims (i) to weaken meat consumption habit and (ii) to enhance intrinsic motivation to eat less meat to trigger long-term reduction in meat consumption. The present study focusses on the quantitative evaluation of the effect of this challenge on French university student's meat consumption.
Parallel two-arm randomized controlled trial with repeated measures (online questionnaires) pre-, during- and post-intervention. All the participants will be recruited to take part in the "Eat Less Meat" challenge for one month. Participants in the control group will take part in the challenge 4 months after the participants in the intervention group. Participants in both groups will complete the online questionnaires at the exact same time, i.e., pre-, during- and post-intervention measures will take place before the control group starts the challenge.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •BMI ≥ 18.5
- •University student in 'Bourgogne Franche-Comté'
- •Fluent in French
- •Available email address
- •Available Instagram profile
Exclusion Criteria
- •Vegetarian or vegan or pescetarian
- •Pregnant/breastfeeding
- •Iron deficiency
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from Baseline Meat consumption at 1 month (during intervention)
Time Frame: 20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 1
Meat daily intake (in grams) will be calculated by summing daily intake for all the items of the food frequency questionnaire that fall into the meat category.
Change from Baseline Meat consumption at 4 months (3 months after intervention)
Time Frame: 20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 4
Meat daily intake (in grams) will be calculated by summing daily intake for all the items of the food frequency questionnaire that fall into the meat category.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from Baseline Greenhouse gas emissions at 4 months (3 months after intervention)(20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 4)
- Change from Baseline Adherence to the French dietary guidelines at 1 month (during intervention)(20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 1)
- Change from Baseline Greenhouse gas emissions at 1 month (during intervention)(20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 1)
- Change from Baseline Meat consumption habit at 4 months (3 months after intervention)(3 minutes, repeated measures (online Self-Report Habit questionnaire): baseline and month 4)
- Change from Baseline Food choice motives at 1 month (during intervention)(5 minutes, repeated measures (online food choice motives questionnaire): baseline and month 1)
- Change from Baseline Adherence to the French dietary guidelines at 4 months (3 months after intervention)(20 minutes, repeated measures (online food frequency questionnaire): baseline and month 4)
- Change from Baseline Meat consumption habit at 1 month (during intervention)(3 minutes, repeated measures (online Self-Report Habit questionnaire): baseline and month 1)
- Change from Baseline Food choice motives at 4 months (3 months after intervention)(5 minutes, repeated measures (online food choice motives questionnaire): baseline and month 4)