Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study

NCT ID: NCT06380322

Last Updated: 2025-11-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

650 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-08-24

Study Completion Date

2026-12-01

Brief Summary

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The Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study (MHANES) is a Department of Defense funded study conducted by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. This cross-sectional study will assess, in a large, diverse sample of Army Service Members (n=600), food and supplement intake, cardiovascular health, body composition, biomarkers of nutritional status, measures of health status, injury prevalence, mental wellbeing, gut microbiome composition, and physical performance outcomes. The proposed study is modeled after the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and customized for the Army population.

Detailed Description

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Background: Comprehensive scientific data on dietary intake, nutritional status, cardiometabolic health, and performance of a representative sample of active-duty Soldiers are not available. Collecting such data will allow for assessment of disease prevalence and health status, provide novel descriptive information, and examine relationships between health and nutrition variables that are currently unavailable on the Army active-duty population.

Study Aim: To assess, in a large, diverse sample of Army Service Members, dietary intake, nutritional status, cardiovascular health, body composition, metabolic biomarkers of nutritional state, and other measures of health status.

Conditions

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Hypertension Type 2 Diabetes Dyslipidemias Cardiovascular Diseases

Keywords

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Diet Quality Healthy Eating Index Body Composition Dietary Supplements Gut Microbiome Army Combat Fitness Test

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Active-duty Army Service Members

All measures will be collected one time during the study, except for the dietary recall (measured two times) and urine sample for total daily energy expenditure using doubly labeled water method (measured 3 time).

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* U.S. Army Soldiers ≥ 18 years old
* Willing to have biological samples stored for future use
* Willing to have data linked to the Soldier Performance, Health, and Readiness (SPHERE) database

Exclusion Criteria

* Soldiers under the age of 18 years
* Soldiers with an inability to understand verbal or written instructions or testing materials in English
* Soldiers relocating or getting out of the Army in the next 30 days
* Pregnant females
* Soldiers currently in Basic Training (BCT) and/or One-Station Unit Training (OSUT)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Claire Berryman

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Claire E Berryman, PhD, RD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Locations

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Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Fort Johnson

Leesville, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Claire E Berryman, PhD, RD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (225) 763-3010

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Claire E Berryman, PhD, RD

Role: primary

Claire E Berryman, PhD, RD

Role: primary

Claire E Berryman, PhD, RD

Role: primary

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Other Identifiers

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PBRC 2023-034

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id