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Filter by:This project examined the effectiveness of Youth Chef Academy (YCA), a classroom-based experiential culinary and nutrition literacy curriculum for middle-school students. The primary study hypothesis was that students assigned to YCA would demonstrate greater improvement in F/V and whole grain consumption compared to students in the control group. Eight classrooms in eight public K-8 schools participated in the project. Classrooms were assigned to intervention or control condition in a non-randomized manner. YCA was delivered by project staff to all of the students in the four intervention classrooms. Students completed a survey to assess primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, six-week curriculum completion, and at twelve-week curriculum completion (YCA extended twelve-week curriculum cohort).
Early nursing nutrition intervention for outpatients in need of surgery - Objective - To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of screening and an early nursing intervention on malnutrition in outpatients in need for surgery. - Design - Multi-centre cluster-randomised controlled early trial design (n=150 patients) - Intervention - Malnutrition screening (during outpatient clinic visit) and (in case of patients being ´at risk for malnutrition´ or being ´malnourished´), a nutrition care plan (including nutritional drinks and energy and protein rich meals) tailored to individual patient requirements - Comparison - Usual care (no nutritional care plan)
The proposed study will utilize a randomized controlled trial design to pilot-test a 4-week shelter-based diet and physical activity intervention in a sample of homeless adults residing in the transitional shelter at The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center in Dallas, TX (N = 50). Participants will be randomly assigned to a diet/physical activity intervention group (n = 25) or a paid assessment-only control group (n = 25). Three intervention strategies will be employed: 1) computer-tailored newsletters adapted from a program supported for use in other populations, 2) the distribution of fruit and vegetable snacks directly to individuals, and 3) the provision of pedometers and walking goals. Thus, the primary aim of the proposed study is to 1) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness (relative to an assessment-only control group) of a shelter-based intervention designed to improve dietary intake and increase physical activity among homeless individuals. The main study outcomes will be average daily fruit and vegetable consumption and objective pedometer/ accelerometer assessment of physical activity (assessed weekly) over the 4-week study period, and at a follow-up assessment 4 weeks after the conclusion of the intervention. Secondary aims will focus on: 2) identifying intervention-related differences (relative to the control group) in indicators of physical health including blood pressure, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and other dietary variables (i.e., caloric intake, meals consumed outside of the shelter, daily fat and fiber intake) and 3) identifying psychosocial variables associated with dietary quality and physical activity.
This study is a prospective randomized controlled pilot trial/(a combined prospective and retrospective study). The investigators will use wechat intervening dietary protein intake in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis.
Current evidence suggests that the gut microbiota and dietary influences are as important as genetics in the aetiology of Crohn's disease (CD). We have recently shown that disease improvement, following treatment with Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN), coincided with changes in the gut microbiota. The main purposes of this study are: a) to explore whether the gut microbiota changes we observed in this previous study in children with CD during EEN are disease specific or not, and b) to develop a novel food-based diet (Crohn's Disease TReatment-with-EATing/CD-TREAT diet) which will induce changes to the metabolic activity and bacterial composition of the gut microbiota of healthy people, similar to those seen on EEN, the first-line treatment for active paediatric CD. This study will produce high quality scientific evidence to move the CD-TREAT diet towards a preliminary clinical trial in patients with CD which is currently inappropriate and unethical to carry out in people with active CD undertaking contemporary medical treatment.
The aim of this project is to investigate the potential benefits of combining a new protein meat hydrolysates extract with a regular resistance training programme on (a) body composition (b) performance (c) muscle structure (d) general markers health and immunity in athletes. As a second objective the investigators will analyse potential differences obtained from the ingestion of the new hydrolysates meat protein extract compared to the ingestion of others commercially available protein sources such as whey or casein.
The Norwegian Directorate of Health recently published the Norwegian food-based dietary guidelines (NFBDG) in 2011. The target for the NFBDG is the general population, and the main aims of these guidelines are to promote public health and prevent chronic degenerative diseases. Reaching the healthy population is crucial as only small proportion of the general population comply to the current public dietary advice in Norway. Thus, the objective of this study is to investigate whether a multi-faceted dietary intervention could increase compliance to the NFBDG and affect biomarkers of chronic degenerative diseases in a healthy population.
The primary objective of this randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial is to determine the efficacy of a once per day calcium (1000mg) and vitamin D (1000IU) fortified food product on bone turnover markers, including parathyroid hormone (PTH) and microarchitecture during Army basic military training (BCT). The investigators hypothesize that consumption of a once daily calcium and vitamin D fortified food product will stabilize PTH and contribute to improved bone microarchitecture compared to placebo. The results will determine the efficacy of daily supplementation with calcium and vitamin D on bone turnover markers as well as provide novel data regarding microarchitectural changes during BCT as assessed by high resolution peripheral computed tomography (HRpQCT) scanning.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of nutritional supplementation during hemodialysis treatment on beat-to-beat hemodynamics and treatment efficiency in a crossover design.
The consumption of wholemeal cereals has been associated with the reduction of several chronic diseases. The mechanisms behind these protective effects may be linked, besides dietary fiber and micronutrients, to an increased intake of phenolic compounds, mainly, hydroxycinnamates contained in the bran. Among bran fractions, aleurone usually contains the highest concentration of ferulic acid, principally contained as monomeric form and diferulic acid esters linked to arabinoxylans, representing the most relevant subclasses. The aim of the study was to evaluate the absorption of hydroxycinnamates by measuring the urinary excretion of phenolic metabolites in humans fed with two different kind of a commercial bread, as wholegrain bread and a white bread enriched with aleurone fraction. Moreover, the pharmacokinetics of the main phenolic compounds was also evaluated by measuring the circulating metabolites in plasma samples.