Temporal Patterns of Diet and the Changes in Body Composition and Blood Pressure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Body Composition; Blood Pressure; Mealtimes
• Interventions: Behavioral: Breakfast promotion; Behavioral: Nighttime snack reduction

• Registration Number: NCT03828812
• Lead Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Brief Summary

The study includes two parts: 1) an observational study examines the association of meal frequency, meal timing, and meal regularity with short-term changes in blood pressure and body composition; 2) a randomized controlled intervention examines the influence of recommendation of increase breakfast frequency and decrease nighttime snacking on 1-year changes in blood pressure and body composition.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-31
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-04
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 125

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Breakfast promotion + nighttime snack reduction	Nighttime snack reduction	Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast + reducing nighttime snack frequency
Nighttime snack reduction	Nighttime snack reduction	Receiving the recommendation of reducing nighttime snack frequency
Breakfast promotion + nighttime snack reduction	Breakfast promotion	Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast + reducing nighttime snack frequency
Breakfast promotion	Breakfast promotion	Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body fat%	1 year	Bioimpedance method (TANITA BC-418)
Diastolic blood pressure	1 year	Measured in mmHg (Microlife BP 3MS1-4K)
Body mass index	1 year	Weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2
Body weight	1 year	Body weight in kilogram
Standing height	1 year	Height in meters
Systolic blood pressure	1 year	Measured in mmHg (Microlife BP 3MS1-4K)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of breakfast per week	1 year	Self-report food frequency questionnaire(0-7 days/week)
Frequency of nighttime snacking per week	1 year	Self-report food frequency questionnaire(0-7 days/week)