Clinical trial NCT06675630: Investigating Food Intake Across the Adult Life Course and Relevant Communication Strategies
Official title: Investigating Food Intake Across the Adult Life Course and Relevant Communication Strategies
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Individual Differences
Food Intake
Behaviour Change
Keywords: Lifecourse
Education
Fibre
Lead sponsor: University of Reading
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Alpro Foundation
First posted: 2024-11-05
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

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?

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

-adults aged 18 years and above

Exclusion Criteria

* health conditions impacting fibre intake (e.g., IBD, IBS, colorectal cancer, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis)
* pregnant or breastfeeding
* food allergies/intolerances
* following a weight-loss diet
* no digital device
* living outside of the UK
* cognition impairments (such as dementia)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Food intake
timeFrame: One, three and six months (1-hr)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Food Consumption Differences
timeFrame: Visit one (1-hr)
measure: Impact of Education
timeFrame: All visits (6-months)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Reading
country: United Kingdom
facility: Department of Food and Nutritional Science, University of Reading
state: Berkshire
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Reading
name: Stella Lignou (PI)
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Norton V, Lignou S, Methven L. Influence of Age and Individual Differences on Mouthfeel Perception of Whey Protein-Fortified Products: A Review. Foods. 2021 Feb 16;10(2):433. doi: 10.3390/foods10020433.
citation: Zenun Franco R, Fallaize R, Lovegrove JA, Hwang F. Online dietary intake assessment using a graphical food frequency app (eNutri): Usability metrics from the EatWellUK study. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 10;13(8):e0202006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202006. eCollection 2018.
citation: Norton V, Lovegrove JA, Tindall M, Garcia JR, Lignou S. Fibre4life: Investigating older adults dietary fibre preferences and the role of targeted educational materials on modulating future dietary fibre intake. Appetite. 2024 Jan 1;192:107109. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107109. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
citation: Zenun Franco R, Fallaize R, Weech M, Hwang F, Lovegrove JA. Effectiveness of Web-Based Personalized Nutrition Advice for Adults Using the eNutri Web App: Evidence From the EatWellUK Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Apr 25;24(4):e29088. doi: 10.2196/29088.