Online vs. Face-to-face Nutritional Advice in Kuwait (EatWellQ8)

University of Reading320 enrolled

Overview

The EatWellQ8 study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile web application (e-Nutri), capable of delivering automated personalised nutrition advice, compared with face-to-face nutritional 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).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

320

Conditions

Dietary Modification Dietary Habits

Interventions

Non-personalised adviceBEHAVIORAL

Provision of online non-personalised advice on dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels. Non-personalised dietary advice for improved food choice based on standard population health guidelines.

Online personalised adviceBEHAVIORAL

Provision of online personalised advice on dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels. Personalised recommendations for improved food choice based on adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), for weight based on ideal BMI range and for physical activity based on the Baecke questionnaire/results.

Face-to-face personalised adviceBEHAVIORAL

Provision of face-to-face personalised advice on dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels. Personalised recommendations for improved food choice based on adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), for weight based on ideal BMI range and for physical activity based on the Baecke questionnaire/results.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * aged \> 21 years Exclusion Criteria: * aged \< 21 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

Locations (2)

Dasman Diabetes Institute

Kuwait City, Kuwait

University of Reading

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dietary change

Change from baseline in dietary intake at 6 and 12 weeks assessed via a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). An 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), which is calculated from the results of the FFQ, will be used to quantify the dietary intake changes.

Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Weight

Change from baseline in self-reported weight (kg) at 6 and 12 weeks. Weight variation will be combined with height (constant for adults) and also reported as BMI variation (kg/mˆ2).

Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Physical activity

Change from baseline in self-reported physical activity (Baecke questionnaire) at 6 and 12 weeks

Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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