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Pilot Trial to Test a Nutrition Application for Making Smart and Healthy Choices

NCT03078660 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2017-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An innovative nutritional application (App) entitled "MyNutriCart" was developed to create a list of foods and beverages to help individuals make smart and healthy choices when purchasing foods at grocery stores based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This App was tested in a pilot trial to evaluate its feasibility, usability, and acceptability for making smart and healthy choices when purchasing food in grocery stores and test its effectiveness in improving food selection, dietary patterns, and weight status compared with the traditional nutritional counseling.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smartphone Application

The smartphone Application generates a shopping list for participants, based on a low caloric diet (energy requirements minus 500 kcals), taking into consideration the Dietary Guidelines for Americans' recommendations and also considering the available budget for each shopping event and the weekly discounts from major supermarkets.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Nutritional Counseling

Participants will have a face-to-face counseling session with a registered dietitian, who will provide recommendations for a low caloric diet (energy requirements minus 500 kcals) using the food group sheets from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Puerto Rico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cristina Palacios, PhD · Nutrition Program, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-13
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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