Researching Engagement With Educational Lifestyle Content (REEL DIETS)

University of South Carolina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diet Quality

Treatments: Other: control group; Behavioral: Nutrition Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07048483

Pro00145670

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to examine how different types of health messages affect people's self efficacy for healthy eating and diet quality. Eligible adult participants with overweight/obesity will be randomized into one of two groups: the intervention group, which will engage with audio-visual messages per week for four weeks, or the control group, which will not engage with any audio-visual messages but will receive written educational materials about healthy eating per week for four weeks.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged 18-65 years
• BMI of ≥25 kg/m²
• Have no dietary restrictions
• Have access to the internet
• Have a Netflix subscription
• Have availability to engage in group discussions

Exclusion criteria

• Currently following a vegan or vegetarian diet
• Have a diagnosis of an eating disorder
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Have recent participation in a weight loss or nutrition intervention (within the past 6 months)
• Have any medical condition requiring a medically prescribed diet

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

Audio-visual messaging

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch audio-visual messages on healthy eating per week for four weeks, presented through videos and films.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutrition Education

Handouts

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will not engage with any audio-visual messages but will receive educational materials about healthy eating in the form of handouts.

Treatment:

Other: control group