NCT07075653

Barriers to Vegetarian Diets

Barriers to Adopting Vegetarian Diets Among Black and White Individuals With Chronic Medical Conditions

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 88 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn what affects a person's openness to adopting a vegetarian diet in urban community members with chronic disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: How open are individuals to adopting a vegetarian diet? What are the barriers to adopting a vegetarian diet? Researchers will compare Black and White individuals to see if there are differences. Participants will be asked to fill out a survey about their openness to going vegetarian as well as barriers to going vegetarian such as perceived stigma, tastiness, financial cost, convenience, familiarity, and healthfulness.

Conditions

• Chronic Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey using a questionnaire.	Participants fill out a brief survey in which they answer questions about vegetarian diets.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-30
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2025-07-20
• Last updated: 2025-07-20

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States