Compliance to the Norwegian Food-Based Dietary Guidelines in Young Females

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dietary Modification
• Interventions: Other: NFBDG

• Registration Number: NCT02416284
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oslo

Brief Summary

The Norwegian Directorate of Health recently published the Norwegian food-based dietary guidelines (NFBDG) in 2011. The target for the NFBDG is the general population, and the main aims of these guidelines are to promote public health and prevent chronic degenerative diseases. Reaching the healthy population is crucial as only small proportion of the general population comply to the current public dietary advice in Norway. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate whether a multi-faceted dietary intervention could increase compliance to the NFBDG and affect biomarkers of chronic degenerative diseases in a healthy population.

Detailed Description

The study was conducted as part of a master level course in Clinical Nutrition at the University of Oslo. Thus, the main objective of the study was to teach the master students about planning, conducting and analysing data from a clinical trial. The students themselves are subjects of the study, however the participation in the study was voluntary and did in no way affect the approval of the course.

Since the primary objective of the study was teaching, the study was confirmed by the "Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics" (REC) to be exempt from REC approval.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Primary Completion: 2012-11
• Study Completion: 2012-11
• Status Verified: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

• female

Exclusion Criteria

• serious chronic disease requiring medication
• pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
NFBDG	NFBDG	Multi-faceted, 2 week intervention to increase compliance to the NFBDG.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Biomarker of intake of fatty fish and low fat dairy products (fatty acids in red blood cells (fatty acid in % of FAME)	2 weeks	fatty acids in red blood cells (fatty acid in % of FAME)
Biomarker of the intake of fruits and vegetables (total antioxidant status in plasma (RU)	2 weeks
Biomarker of the intake of fruits and vegetables (caroteniods in plasma (uM)	2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure	2 weeks	Blood pressure (mmHg)
Blood glucose	2 weeks
Weight (body weight in kg)	2 weeks	body weight in kg
Lipids in plasma (HDL, LDL, total cholesterol)	2 weeks	HDL, LDL, total cholesterol
Body composition (bioelectrocal impedance analysis (BIA)	2 weeks	bioelectrocal impedance analysis (BIA)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oslo; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway