A Nutritarian Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Lifestyle Changes in Chronic Disease Prevention, Especially Cancer (NWHS)

Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Disease; Mental Health Wellness 1; Nutritional Imbalance; Diabetes Mellitus; Thyroid; Nutritional and Metabolic Disease; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cancer; Nutrition Related Cancer; Sleep; Lifestyle-related Condition

Treatments: Other: Nutritarian Diet-style

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03430141

Nutritarian Women's Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Nutritarian Women's Health Study (NWHS) is a long-term hybrid effectiveness-implementation study on the effect of the Nutritarian Diet on the occurrence, recurrence, and progression of chronic diseases (including all forms of cancer and cardiometabolic risk factors).

Full description

The Nutritional Research Foundation, in conjunction with Northern Arizona University, is conducting a long-term health study for women ages 18 and older. This study will address the effects of a nutrient dense, plant-rich diet on the long-term risks of cancer and other chronic diseases.

Participants enroll in a 30-day training module which outlines the benefits of a nutrient-dense, plant-rich diet. At the conclusion of those videos and written modules, they take a short quiz to assess their knowledge and they can enroll in the full study.

All participation is online with ongoing modules on nutrition and lifestyle. There is a comprehensive health history and lifestyle index to be completed. Nutrition questionnaires will be administered an average of every 3-6 months; PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) & PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) questionnaires an average of every 12 months; serum cardiometabolic measures and liquid biopsies an average of every 18 months.

Enrollment: 2,898 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women only
• Age 18 years and older.
• Must be willing to complete an online program
• Follow the dietary guidelines as outlined to the best of their ability.
• English-speaking
• US residents
• Have internet access
• Pregnant women are eligible

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,898 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention for all participants

Experimental group

Description:

Nutritarian Diet-style: Intervention for all participants: All participants are exposed to the same nutrition treatment/intervention protocol.

Treatment:

Other: Nutritarian Diet-style