NCT04378556

Improving Dietary Protein Intake in Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: Florida Atlantic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A pilot, single-arm investigation used coaching, nutrition education, and a per-meal protein prescription to assess impact on protein intake, muscle strength and function in older adults.

Detailed description

Objective: To evaluate the effects of nutrition education, diet coaching, and a protein prescription (PP) on protein intake, and associations with muscle strength and function. Design: Prospective pretest posttest single-arm study. Setting: Urban area, East coast of South Florida. Participants: Older adults. Intervention: 10-week telephone-based diet coaching, nutrition education and a per-meal PP. Measurements: Protein and energy intakes, weight, grip strength (GS), and 5-chair-rise (5CR), timed up and go (TUG), 3-meter walk (3mW) tests at baseline and 10 weeks.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nutritional coaching	Participants were provided with nutrition education and a per-meal protein prescription followed by 9 weeks of nutritional coaching.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-04
• Primary completion: 2019-01-15
• Completion: 2019-01-15
• First posted: 2020-05-07
• Last updated: 2020-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States