Online Nutrition Advice in the UK (EatWellUK)

University of Reading

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dietary Habits; Dietary Modification

Treatments: Behavioral: Non-personalised advice; Behavioral: Personalised advice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03250858

13/17

Details and patient eligibility

About

The EatWellUK study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile web application (e-Nutri), capable of delivering automated personalised nutrition advice, in increasing diet quality.

Dietary assessment is via the validated Food4Me FFQ (with an updated user interface that has been designed for better usability) and dietary feedback is derived according to adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI).

Enrollment: 324 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged > 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

• aged < 18 years old
• not living in the UK
• pregnant/lactating
• no or limited access to internet
• following a prescribed diet for any reason
• intolerance or food allergy
• subject with diabetes, or any other metabolic disorder or illness that alters nutritional requirements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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324 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Non-personalised advice

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control group. Online (web-based) delivery of non-personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the UK general health guidelines. This is an online trial and this arm will be using the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online general recommendations (non-personalised).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Non-personalised advice

Personalised advice

Experimental group

Description:

Online (web-based) delivery of personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the individual's dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels, generated by the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online personalised reports.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalised advice