Evaluating a co-designed Adolescent Nutrition Fluency Intervention: a randomized trial in seven African countries

Reducing Nutrition-related Noncommunicable Diseases in Adolescence and Youth: Interventions and Policies to Boost Nutrition Fluency and Diet Quality in Africa (ARISE-NUTRINT)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202406699274475

Enrollment

4800

Registered

2024-06-07

Start date

2025-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Nutrition literacy and fluency, Physical Activity

Interventions

Adolescent Nutrition Fluency Intervention

Adolescent Nutrition Fluency Intervention control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Participant is between the ages of 10-24 years. • Minors (i.e. less than 18 years of age): the parents or guardians provide written informed consent. • Minors: the minor participant provides informed assent. • Adults (i.e. 18 years of age and above) provides written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Adolescents and young adults meeting one of the following criteria will be excluded from the study. • Does not meet the above-listed inclusion criteria. • Too ill to be interviewed. • With impaired cognitive capacity that may interfere in making meaningful decisions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Nutrition literacy	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Dietary diversity, BMI-for-age z-score‘ and ‚hemoglobin concentration‘	—

Countries

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania

Contacts

Public ContactJoy Mauti Akpan

Project Coordinator

joy.mauti@uni-heidelberg.de004915901816364

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026