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CompletedNCT03250858EatWellUKUpdated Feb 6, 2019

Online Nutrition Advice in the UK (EatWellUK)

An interventional study of Personalised advice and Non-personalised advice in Dietary Modification and Dietary Habits, sponsored by University of Reading. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-02-06.

Sponsored by University of Reading · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
324
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The EatWellUK study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile web application (e-Nutri), capable of delivering automated personalised nutrition advice, in increasing diet quality.

Dietary assessment is via the validated Food4Me FFQ (with an updated user interface that has been designed for better usability) and dietary feedback is derived according to adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI).

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Conditions studied

  • Dietary Modification
  • Dietary Habits

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Keywords

  • Personalised nutrition
  • Mobile web application
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In context

Feeding Behavior

985 studies on the registry are indexed under Feeding Behavior; 178 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 324 is above the median of 77 across 700 interventional studies indexed under Feeding Behavior.

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Lead sponsor

University of Reading is the lead sponsor of 150 studies on the registry; 21 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • aged > 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • aged \< 18 years old
  • not living in the UK
  • pregnant/lactating
  • no or limited access to internet
  • following a prescribed diet for any reason
  • intolerance or food allergy
  • subject with diabetes, or any other metabolic disorder or illness that alters nutritional requirements
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
324 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Non-personalised advice

    Control group. Online (web-based) delivery of non-personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the UK general health guidelines. This is an online trial and this arm will be using the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online general recommendations (non-personalised).

    Behavioral: Non-personalised advice

  • Experimental
    Personalised advice

    Online (web-based) delivery of personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the individual's dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels, generated by the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online personalised reports.

    Behavioral: Personalised advice

Interventions

  • BehavioralPersonalised advice

    Provision of online personalised advice on dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels. Personalised recommendations for improved food choice based on adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), for weight based on ideal BMI range and for physical activity based on the Baecke questionnaire/results.

  • BehavioralNon-personalised advice

    Provision of online non-personalised advice on dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels. Non-personalized dietary advice for improved food choice based on standard population health guidelines.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dietary intake

    Change from baseline in dietary intake at 6 and 12 weeks assessed via a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). An 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), which is calculated from the results of the FFQ, will be used to quantify the dietary intake changes.

    Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Weight

    Change from baseline in self-reported weight (kg) at 6 and 12 weeks. Weight variation will be combined with height (constant for adults) and also reported as BMI variation (kg/mˆ2).

    Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

  2. Physical activity

    Change from baseline in self-reported physical activity (Baecke questionnaire) at 6 and 12 weeks

    Time frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Reading
    Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AP, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • Zenun Franco R, Fallaize R, Weech M, Hwang F, Lovegrove JA. Effectiveness of Web-Based Personalized Nutrition Advice for Adults Using the eNutri Web App: Evidence From the EatWellUK Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Apr 25;24(4):e29088. doi: 10.2196/29088. PubMed 35468093 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 6, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03250858
Responsible party
Julie Lovegrove (Professor, University of Reading) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 16, 2017
Start date
Aug 15, 2017
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2018
Completion
Jan 30, 2018
Last update
Feb 6, 2019

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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