Improving Dietary Protein Intake in Adults

Florida Atlantic University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Behavioral: Nutritional coaching

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04378556

1151456-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

A pilot, single-arm investigation used coaching, nutrition education, and a per-meal protein prescription to assess impact on protein intake, muscle strength and function in older adults.

Full description

Objective: To evaluate the effects of nutrition education, diet coaching, and a protein prescription (PP) on protein intake, and associations with muscle strength and function. Design: Prospective pretest posttest single-arm study. Setting: Urban area, East coast of South Florida. Participants: Older adults. Intervention: 10-week telephone-based diet coaching, nutrition education and a per-meal PP. Measurements: Protein and energy intakes, weight, grip strength (GS), and 5-chair-rise (5CR), timed up and go (TUG), 3-meter walk (3mW) tests at baseline and 10 weeks.

Enrollment

29 patients

Sex

All

Ages

55+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults aged 55 years or older,
Community-dwelling (living independently),
Able to provide consent,
Able to understand and respond to questions or instructions in English,
Have a working telephone (for coaching sessions),
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.
Vegan dietary practices,
Refusal to make changes to usual dietary protein intake, or a usual dietary protein intake that meets recommendations.