An interventional study of Community-Based Nutrition Intervention in Underweight and Overweight and Obesity, sponsored by National University of Singapore. Recruiting at 1 site in Cambodia. Open to participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-03.
Sponsored by National University of Singapore · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of this trial is to evaluate a community-based nutrition intervention for adults in Cambodia who are underweight or overweight/obese. This study will examine the effects of the nutrition intervention on participants' dietary diversity and will also assess how acceptable and feasible the intervention is to deliver in the community settings.
Health centers were randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the intervention group will receive a six-month, community-based nutrition intervention delivered by the Village Health Support Groups, while participants in the control group will not receive it.
Researchers will compare the two groups to determine the effect of the intervention on dietary diversity. Participants will complete study assessments at the beginning of the study, at 3 months, and at 7 months.
This Hybrid-Type 1 effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial will be conducted in two provinces in Cambodia. Health centers will serve as units of randomization and will be allocated to either the intervention or control arm.
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based nutrition intervention in improving dietary diversity among adults with underweight or overweight/obesity. Concurrently, the study also aims to examine the implementation evaluation of acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, and implementation cost of the intervention
The intervention will be delivered primarily by Village Health Support Groups with support and supervision from the health center staff. The implementation evaluation will use quantitative and qualitative methods to understand how the intervention is delivered and experienced and to identify factors that may influence its future implementation.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Behavioral: Community-Based Nutrition Intervention
The nutrition intervention will be delivered over six months and will comprise four core components: (1) capacity building and ongoing support for VHSGs and health center staff; (2) nutrition education and behavior-change support; (3) continued reinforcement and follow-up; and (4) ongoing monitoring, referral, and linkage to care. Health center staff will receive a half-day of training delivered by operational district officers. Subsequently, health center staff will train the VHSGs. Following this capacity-building training, community-based delivery will proceed through three phases: initial group sessions at M0 and M1, active reinforcement from M2 to M4, and maintenance from M5 to M6. Core intervention components and content will be standardized across intervention sites. Group nutrition education sessions are delivered to enrolled participants and, where applicable, to household food decision-makers.
Minimum dietary diversity
Minimum dietary diversity will be assessed using the Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ). Participants will be classified as meeting or not meeting minimum dietary diversity based on consumption of at least 5 of 10 defined food groups during the previous day or night.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Body Mass Index (BMI)
BMI calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m²).
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Waist Circumference
Waist circumference measured in centimeters using standardized anthropometric procedures.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Nutrition Knowledge Score
Nutrition knowledge will be assessed using the study questionnaire. Total scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater nutrition knowledge.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Health-Related Quality of Life: EQ-5D-5L Utility Index
Responses to the EQ-5D-5L will be converted to utility index values using the Vietnamese EQ-5D-5L value set. Possible values range from -0.5115 to 1, with higher values indicating better health-related quality of life.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Self-Rated Health: EQ Visual Analogue Scale
Self-rated health measured using the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS). Scores range from 0 (worst health imaginable) to 100 (best health imaginable); higher scores indicate better self-rated health.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 7
Plan to share: No — There is currently no plan to share de-identified individual participant data with researchers outside the study team.
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