Investigating Food Intake Across the Adult Life Course and Relevant Communication Strategies

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Individual Differences; Food Intake; Behaviour Change

• Registration Number: NCT06675630
• Lead Sponsor: University of Reading

Brief Summary

This project will investigate the effects of different delivery strategies (e.g., personalised dietary advice vs generalised population healthy eating guidance) and individual consumption differences (e.g., eating styles/speeds and food types/preferences) on dietary fibre intake across the adult life-course over a 6-month period.

Detailed Description

1. does dietary fibre-related knowledge and intake vary across the adult life-course?

2. what are the common barriers to dietary fibre consumption and how this modulates with increasing age?

3. what is the role of individual consumption differences on subsequent dietary fibre consumption?

4. can targeted dietary advice compared with general population healthy eating guidance delivered by the eNutri app promote dietary fibre intake?

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study Start: 2024-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-05
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food intake	One, three and six months (1-hr)	Food intake will be measured via the eNutri app

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food Consumption Differences	Visit one (1-hr)	A series of validated questionnaires will measure the role of food-related consumption differences (e.g., foodie index, eating behaviour/rate, food preferences, mouth behaviour, food neophobia, knowledge, barriers, etc.) on subsequent food intake
Impact of Education	All visits (6-months)	Education will vary depending on group allocation: (1) targeted fibre education will be circulated monthly; and (2) healthy eating advice will be shared twice during the study duration. Consumers will provide feedback on all materials at the end of the study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Reading; 🇬🇧 Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom