Changing Dietary Patterns: an Individually Tailored Nutrition Intervention (OKE-study)

Wageningen University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Personalized nutrition counseling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01509222

NL36582.081.11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of a personalized nutrition intervention on the dietary pattern of apparently healthy adults with one or more children aged 4 to 12 years.

Full description

Giving personalized nutrition advice is perceived to be more effective in changing dietary patterns than giving general information about healthy eating.

Enrollment

186 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

At least aged 18 years
Having one child aged 4 to 12 years
Written informed concent has been obtained

Exclusion criteria

Not meeting the inclusion criteria
Unable or unwilling to comply with the study procedures
Enrolled in another study during the same study period
Not being able to communicate (read, speak and write) in the Dutch language
Having a partner who has been enrolled in the study
Being pregnant or lactating during the study period or planning to become pregnant during the study period
Having a BMI lower than 18.5 or higher that 35 kg/m2
Using medication to lower cholesterol or being under control by a doctor for having too high cholesterol levels
Using medication to lower blood pressure or being under control by a doctor for having a high blood pressure.
Having diabetes type I or type II
Following a diet (medical or self-initiated) or planning to follow a diet during the study period
Undergoing a medical treatment that interferes with the intervention.
Having gained or lost more than 5 kg of body weight during the last 6 months.