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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
650 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2024-08-24
2026-12-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
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
* 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 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)
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
FED
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Claire Berryman
Assistant Professor
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
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Fort Johnson
Leesville, Louisiana, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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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