diet-and-nutrition Clinical Trials
A listing of diet-and-nutrition medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
Found 21 clinical trials
Mobile Food Market Cluster Randomized Trial
Mobile food markets have been proposed as a strategy for mitigating health disparities related to poor nutrition and diet/weight-related health conditions because they bring low-cost, healthy food directly to underserved populations. Full-service mobile markets may improve multiple aspects of the diet by providing foods to meet all dietary needs through …
Time Restricted Eating, Eating Behaviors, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Emerging Adult Women
The purpose of this study is to assess how time restricted eating interventions impact eating behaviors, diet quality, and body composition in women ages 20-29 years. Participants will be asked to limit all food and drinks (except water and some non-caloric beverages) to a 10-hour period during the day for …
Nutri-CAP: Nutrition for Children, Adolescent Girls, and Pregnant Women in Slums of Dhaka City
The objective of the research project is to establish an evidence-based sustainable nutrition service delivery platform for optimizing pregnancy weight gain, increasing dietary diversity of adolescent girls, and ensuring proper physical growth of under 2 children. Hypothesis Pregnant Women: Intensive nutrition and WASH counseling, iron-folate, calcium supplementation during pregnancy, can …
Planetary Health and Loneliness
The aim of this online study is the evaluation of planetary health behaviors in relation to levels of eco-anxiety, general well-being, and levels of loneliness. As climate change progresses at a dangerous rate, it is important to establish and maintain lifestyles that are productive, fulfilling, environmentally conscious, and low in …
axSEND: Exploring Immune and Microbiota Effects of a Partial Enteral Nutrition Diet in Axial Spondyloarthritis
People with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) often have intestinal inflammation and intestinal microbiome dysbiosis, with some similarities to Crohn's-like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) gut inflammation. However, research has not addressed whether Partial Enteral Nutrition (PEN), a diet formed of a liquid formula and some solid whole foods, which is effective at …
Impacts of Durian Consumption on Human Microbiome and Metabolome in Healthy Staff Volunteers
This clinical study investigates the impacts of daily durian consumption on gut microbiota, gut microbial metabolites, and host metabolome in healthy individuals.
Regular vs. Clear Liquid Diet for Mild to Moderate Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is among the most common gastroenterology diagnosis in the United States, and represents a large economic burden to the United States health system. While recent guidelines agree early feeding shortens length of stay, these guidelines fail to provide recommendations on optimal diet to start leaving diet type to …
Screening for and Responding to Food Insecurity Among Infusion Patients
Food insecurity impacts 1 in 8 people in the United States and 1 in 4 people receiving cancer treatment. Food insecurity is associated with poor dietary quality, adverse health conditions (e.g., Type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity, hypertension), and worse cancer treatment outcomes. To effectively address food insecurity among people …
Effect of a Vegetarian Meal on the Physiology of Insulin Response in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity
The role of diet in determining glucose intolerance and its progression towards T2DM has been extensively investigated. A 2017 meta-analysis showed that a vegetarian diet is inversely associated with the risk of developing diabetes. Vegetarians, with the same baseline risk, are half as likely to develop T2DM than those following …
Maximizing Nutrition Education to Meet Dietary and Food Security of Children and Parents
Food insecurity and low diet quality are persistent problems linked with chronic disease and poor health among limited-resource children and adults using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). We have shown nutrition education via adult-focused, direct SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) improved household food security by 25% but not adult dietary quality among SNAP-eligible …