Improving Diet Protein Intake in Middle-aged Women

Florida Atlantic University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Dietary Habits

Treatments

Behavioral: Coached

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04660851

1440147-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study sought to examine the effectiveness of nutrition education with and without diet coaching on dietary protein intake and muscle mass, strength and function among a group of middle-aged women.

Full description

The study sought to examine the effectiveness of nutrition education alone and with 10 weeks of diet coaching on dietary protein intake and muscle mass, strength and function among a group of middle-aged women.

Enrollment

54 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

45 to 64 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

able to understand and respond to questions or instructions in English
working telephone
willingness to consume protein-containing animal products,
willingness to make changes to the diet

Exclusion criteria

self-reported information that they have been told by a medical doctor that they have kidney (renal) disease
current or past history of a diagnosed eating disorder
have an internal cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator or other metal-type implant present
vegan dietary practices
refusal to make changes to usual dietary protein intake
usual dietary protein intake greater than 1.2 g per kg body weight