Temporal Patterns of Diet and the Changes in Body Composition and Blood Pressure
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 125
- Primary Endpoint
- Standing height
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- •Being pregnant
- •hemodialysis patients
- •clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases
- •clinical diagnosis of cancer
- •clinical diagnosis of dementia
- •clinical diagnosis of eating disorders
- •having metal orthopedic implants
- •having pacemaker implanted
Arms & Interventions
Breakfast promotion
Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast
Intervention: Breakfast promotion (Behavioral)
Nighttime snack reduction
Receiving the recommendation of reducing nighttime snack frequency
Intervention: Nighttime snack reduction (Behavioral)
Breakfast promotion + nighttime snack reduction
Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast + reducing nighttime snack frequency
Intervention: Breakfast promotion (Behavioral)
Breakfast promotion + nighttime snack reduction
Receiving the recommendation of daily breakfast + reducing nighttime snack frequency
Intervention: Nighttime snack reduction (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Standing height
Time Frame: 1 year
Height in meters
Diastolic blood pressure
Time Frame: 1 year
Measured in mmHg (Microlife BP 3MS1-4K)
Systolic blood pressure
Time Frame: 1 year
Measured in mmHg (Microlife BP 3MS1-4K)
Body mass index
Time Frame: 1 year
Weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2
Body weight
Time Frame: 1 year
Body weight in kilogram
Body fat%
Time Frame: 1 year
Bioimpedance method (TANITA BC-418)
Secondary Outcomes
- Frequency of breakfast per week(1 year)
- Frequency of nighttime snacking per week(1 year)
Investigators
Hsin-Jen Chen
Assistant Professor
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University