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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03826576
Healthy Meals: A Restaurant-based Study to Promote Healthy and Allergy Adapted Diet (HealthyMeals)
A Restaurant-based Intervention to Promote Healthy and Allergy Adapted Diet: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Tarragona (Spain)
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The aim is to test the effect of a multicomponent intervention applied to restaurant staff about training and nutritional quality of menu improvement, in order to promote a healthy diet and a better management of allergies and intolerances addressed to each family member satisfying the customers with specific needs (allergies and intolerances of food).
The study is a 12-month restaurant-based intervention study, randomized, controlled and parallel.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Tarragona
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Reus, Tarragona, Spain, 43201
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
The inclusion and exclusion criteria were about restaurants, as a unit of randomization. This study is randomized.
Inclusion Criteria:
- to have signed informed consent by the restaurant owner,
- to have minimum 5 tables of service,
- to offer local or Mediterranean food and recipes on the menu,
- to have the recipes with ingredient and cooking steps details, and
- to share the food products information used in the restaurant with the research team.
Exclusion Criteria:
- To be an ethnic restaurant, fast-food restaurant or a restaurant with a single product like only pizza, sushi, etc
- Lack of one of the inclusion criteria
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention Group
Intervention group will receive a Multicomponent Intervention.
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The multicomponent intervention will be consist of:
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No Intervention: Control Group
Control group will not receive any kind of intervention, only it will receive information about AMED criteria and allergens of food.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of restaurants that accomplish the nine compulsory criteria of the Mediterranean Diet certification (AMED certfication)
Time Frame: 12 months
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Number of restaurants that accomplish the nine compulsory criteria of the Mediterranean Diet certification (AMED certfication).
The Mediterranean Diet criteria (AMED Criteria) is a questionnaire based on 9 compulsory criteria, and if the restaurants accomplish this criteria could request the certification of the Mediterranean Diet in their restaurant.
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12 months
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Number of dishes per restaurant that have green colour in Traffic light system
Time Frame: 12 months
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Number of dishes offered in the restaurant with green (good nutritional quality) in the traffic light system, used to measure the nutritional quality.
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12 months
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Number of dishes offered without food allergens, or vegeterian/vegan options
Time Frame: 12 months
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Number of dishes offered without food allergens, or vegeterian/vegan options
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12 months
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Grams of macronutrients in the dishes offered in the restaurants
Time Frame: 12 months
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Reduction of salt, saturated fat and sugar; and increase of fiber in the dishes offered in the restaurants. The improvement of nutritional quality of the dishes offered in the restaurant menu through macronutrients assessment. |
12 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of healthy dishes offered in the restaurants
Time Frame: 12 months
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Number of healthy dishes offered in the restaurants.
The healthy dishes considers dishes with traffic light in green in all the macronutrients (sugar, saturated fat, protein, and fiber).
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12 months
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Number of healthy dishes sale in the restaurants
Time Frame: 12 months
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Number of healthy dishes sale in the restaurants.
The healthy dishes considers dishes with traffic light in green in all the macronutrients (sugar, saturated fat, protein, and fiber).
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12 months
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Rate of customers with high satisfaction about menu options
Time Frame: 12 months
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Survey of satisfaction
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12 months
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Rate of restaurant staff with high knowledge about healthy and Mediterranean diet, and about food allergens.
Time Frame: 12 months
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Increase the knowledge of waiters and cookers of participant restaurants about healthy and Mediterranean diet, and about food allergens management and options
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12 months
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Annual profits per restaurant in euros
Time Frame: 12 months
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Annual profits per restaurant in euros
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12 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Rosa Solà, Prof., University Rovira i Virgili
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- Healthy Meals
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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