Energy and Nutrient Profiles When Asians Transit From a Meat-based to a Plant-based Diet: A Modelling Exercise

Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Singapore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nutrition, Healthy

Treatments: Other: Observational Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05635825

2021-110

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to model and present a simulation exercise to assess the nutritional effects of replacing meat-based protein with meat analogues. The hypothesis of our study is to understand if any positive or detrimental effects on nutrition and health will ensue, when people replace a meat-based diet with plant-based and alternative protein substitutes.

Full description

A total of up 100 participants (Chinese/Malay/Indian), non-vegetarians, aged between 21 to 99 years, literate and numerate will be recruited for this study. Participants will be required to complete a 4-day food record as part of the exercise. To ensure accuracy of food records, participants will be requested to either weigh their foods or take photographs of all food and drink consumed during the duration of the study. After all the food records have been collected, the data will be analysed using food composition tables. Nutritional profiles of all participants will be generated. Animal-based products will then be substituted with plant-based counterparts and a new nutritional profile will be generated for each participant.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy males and females
• 21-99 years old
• Non-vegetarians
• Access to smart phone devices if participants intend to use photographic methods

Exclusion criteria

• Non-english speaking
• Members of any vulnerable populations
• Members of the research team or their immediate family members. Immediate family member is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling, whether biological or legally adopted

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy Asian

Description:

Healthy Asian, non-vegetarian that is aged between 21 to 99, literate and numerate.

Treatment:

Other: Observational Survey