Job-Site Diet Education on Metabolic Syndrome

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study conducted an 8-week workplace nutrition education intervention to examine the effects of the intervention on metabolic syndrome factors associated with employees. A historical intervention was designed to recruit adults with a body mass index level of >22 and without any endocrine disorder from a community in Yilan, Taiwan. The intervention group was recruited between 2010 and 2012 and received an 8-week intervention, during which dietitians delivered a nutrition education session and a one-on-one dietary guidance session on a weekly basis. The age- and sex-matched control group (n = 34) was recruited between 2014 and 2015 to analyze the metabolic syndrome variables. The metabolic syndrome variables included blood pressure, blood sugar, serum lipid profile, and waist circumference.

Detailed Description
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Content of classes Week1 Things that you must know during the weight reduction study period Week2 Daily individual calorie requirement: what are the main food groups? Week3 How to record the daily diet after the weight reduction program Week4 Food serving size and replacement Week5 The principles of eating out Week6 Physical activity advice (delivered with health education flyers to the participants)

Official Title
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Work-Site Nutrition Education and Metabolic Syndrome Factors

Conditions
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Metabolic Syndrome, Health Education, Workplace

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Nutrition education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: ≥ 18 years old BMI of ≥ 22 Exclusion Criteria: History of critical illness Having been diagnosed with at least one endocrine disorder

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention group<br>Providing nutrition education. | Behavioral: Nutrition education<br>* Dietitians visited the worksites of the intervention group once a week to deliver a nutrition education session and provide dietary advice for each participant.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control group<br>Without any intervention. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BMI | To evaluate the effect of nutrition education on the reduction of BMI (body mass index). | After 8 week intervention | 
| Waist circumference | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention | 
| Systolic blood pressure | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention | 
| Diastolic blood pressure | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention | 
| Fasting blood sugar | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention | 
| Serum triglyceride | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention | 
| Serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol | One of the metabolic syndrome factors. | After 8 week intervention |