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How food education programs impact the knowledge of nutrition, nutritional status and quality of food for the elderly

Effect of different food education programs on knowledge in Nutrition, nutritional status and food consumption of the elderly: a randomized field trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4v65wb8
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-11-12
Start date
2018-12-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

Aged

Interventions

This study consisted of three intervention programs of Food Education (EAN), which took place over 12 weeks, with a 2 hour meeting once a week: 1) Psychopedagogical Program (PPP): given by a Nutrition
the third week was carried out by the flavor workshop program
and the last week, was performed by the psychopedagogical program with the psychology approach
and so on during the 3 months. All the material used was designed by the BARS te
SP6.026

Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA
Lead Sponsor
Banco de Alimentos do Rio Grande do Sul
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals aged 60 years and over. Residents of the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Elderly people who participate in social groups in institutions served by the Food Bank.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Elderly people from groups who have already participated in food education activities of Banco de Alimentos Projects.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
% increase in the relative gain of knowledge in nutrition, assessed by the questionnaire developed by the authors based on topics of interest.;Decrease in the % of elderly people at risk of malnutrition and with malnutrition assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment.;Increase in the % of elderly people with adequate weight or eutrophic, assessed by the Body Mass Index - BMI (23 to 28) using the Classification of the PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2000 as a parameter.;Increase in % of seniors with "healthy" diet quality measured by the average of three 24-hour Recalls and ranked by the quality of seniors' diet adapted from the Healthy Eating Index: HEI-2015.;Decrease in the % of elderly people with an indicator to classify the risk for cardiovascular disease assessed by the value of waist circumference greater than 88 cm for women and 102 for men.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are not expected.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAdriana Lockmann
adrilockmann@gmail.com+55-51-991092122

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)