Sustainable-psycho-nutritional Intervention Program and Its Effects on Health Outcomes and the Environment
Gut Microbiota, Hyperglycemia, Hypercholesterolemia
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Gut Microbiota focused on measuring Sustainable Diets, Behavior Change, Gut Microbiota, Environmental Impact of Diets, Nutritional and Environmental Education, Mexican Population, Water Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Eating Behavior, m-Health
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being between 18 and 35 years old
- Being Mexican
- Reside in the South of Jalisco for at least 1 year
- Levels of physical activity below what is recommended and what is established as a criterion for inclusion in the study
- Consuming amounts of food below or above that established as criteria for inclusion in the study or in a lesser or greater frequency than recommended, according to the type of food
- Have a Smartphone
- Not having consumed antibiotics at least 3 months before the intervention
- Have a BMI between 18.5 and 40
- Not having a medical diagnosis of chronic disease under pharmacological treatment
- Not having a medical diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not signing the informed consent
- Not accepting to donate blood and/or stool samples
- Not being able to stand up to take anthropometric data
- Perform levels of physical activity above the minimum established as criteria for inclusion in the study
- Consume adequate levels of the foods to be promoted in the intervention program
- Being pregnant or lactating
- Suffer from a chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, under medication
- Suffering from an autoimmune disease such as type 1 diabetes, hypo or hyperthyroidism
- Having a gastrointestinal disease such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, etc.
- Having used antibiotics less than 3 months ago
- Taking antidepressant medications or corticosteroids
- Consume probiotics or nutritional supplements, except protein powder
Sites / Locations
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición (IICAN), University of Guadalajara
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Experimental Group
Control Group
Will be evaluated at baseline and will be intervened for 7 weeks, receiving educational workshops twice a week, addressing the target behaviors. They will also be prescribed a personalized food plan, will receive daily messages through the mobile application, and will have a doubt resolution chat. They will have a digital forum to post photos and comments about their food intake, and physical activity performance, and to like and comment on other participants' photos. They will be asked to enter food records and photos of their food intake into the mobile application, for which they will receive points for performing the expected behavior in a token economy. They will have access to their data for auto-monitoring. In week 8, the experimental group will be evaluated and divided into two sub-groups. One will be completely stopped intervening (n = 25) and one will continue receiving messages through the mobile app, but will no longer have workshops and food plan prescriptions (n = 25).
The control group will be evaluated at baseline and will not be intervened. Anyway, they will be evaluated at weeks 8 (as monitoring) and 15, at the end of the intervention.