Changing Dietary Patterns: an Individually Tailored Nutrition Intervention
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
- Enrollment
- 186
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in dietary pattern
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of a personalized nutrition intervention on the dietary pattern of apparently healthy adults with one or more children aged 4 to 12 years.
Detailed Description
Giving personalized nutrition advice is perceived to be more effective in changing dietary patterns than giving general information about healthy eating.
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
- •At least aged 18 years
- •Having one child aged 4 to 12 years
- •Written informed concent has been obtained
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not meeting the inclusion criteria
- •Unable or unwilling to comply with the study procedures
- •Enrolled in another study during the same study period
- •Not being able to communicate (read, speak and write) in the Dutch language
- •Having a partner who has been enrolled in the study
- •Being pregnant or lactating during the study period or planning to become pregnant during the study period
- •Having a BMI lower than 18.5 or higher that 35 kg/m2
- •Using medication to lower cholesterol or being under control by a doctor for having too high cholesterol levels
- •Using medication to lower blood pressure or being under control by a doctor for having a high blood pressure.
- •Having diabetes type I or type II
- •Following a diet (medical or self-initiated) or planning to follow a diet during the study period
- •Undergoing a medical treatment that interferes with the intervention.
- •Having gained or lost more than 5 kg of body weight during the last 6 months.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in dietary pattern
Time Frame: baseline and 6 months
Dietary pattern will be measured by scoring several aspects of the diet. There are 10 aspets included in the score; fruit consumption, vegetable consumption, fiber intake, fatty acids intake, trans fatty acids intake, physical activity, consumption occasions, alcohol intake, fish consumption and sodium intake. The range of the score is from 0 to 100. The score will be based on the information of a Food Frequency Questionnaire and two 24 hour dietary recalls.
Secondary Outcomes
- Dietary behaviour(baseline and 6 months)
- Health outcomes(baseline and 6 months)
- Markers of intake(baseline and 6 months)
Investigators
Lisette de Groot
(Hooft van Huysduynen)
Wageningen University