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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
300 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-03-03
2026-11-30
Brief Summary
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A total of 300 participants (150 men and 150 women) who meet all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be recruited. The study will be conducted at the Centre for Lifestyle Intervention at Östra Hospital in Gothenburg, led by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Participants will be recruited from two different socioeconomic areas in Gothenburg to examine how dietary interventions function in diverse population groups.
The study follows a twelve-week randomized, controlled, parallel intervention design. Participants will be randomized into three groups, each with 100 individuals:
Optimized lifestyle intervention group - receiving dietary advice, behavioral support, and provision of key foods.
Behavioral support intervention group - receiving dietary advice and behavioral support.
Control group - receiving dietary advice according to the SWITCH diet. The SWITCH diet, developed within the EU project SWITCH, is designed to align with European dietary guidelines and promote sustainable and healthy eating habits. It emphasizes whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and sustainable seafood while limiting processed foods, added sugars, and salt.
Throughout the study, participants will undergo clinical assessments at baseline, midpoint (week 7), and endpoint (week 13). Key measurements include anthropometric data, blood pressure, blood glucose, blood lipids, and inflammatory markers. Dietary intake and sustainability aspects of food consumption will also be evaluated. Participants in the intervention groups will receive personalized coaching and access to practical resources, such as meal plans, recipes, and visual educational materials.
The primary outcome of the study is the difference in cardiometabolic risk factors (e.g., blood lipids, blood pressure, glucose, insulin resistance markers) between the intervention groups. Secondary outcomes include changes in dietary intake, nutritional status markers, inflammatory markers, and sustainability measures (e.g., CO₂ emissions, land use, biodiversity impact). Additionally, exploratory analyses will investigate associations between diet, lifestyle changes, gut microbiota, and metabolic responses.
This study aims to generate valuable insights into the effectiveness of different dietary intervention strategies in real-life Nordic conditions. The results will contribute to the development of evidence-based recommendations for sustainable and health-promoting dietary patterns.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Optimized lifestyle intervention group
Receiving dietary advice, behavioral support, and provision of key foods.
Behavioral Treatment
Behavioral support is designed to help participants adhere to the dietary recommendations through personalized coaching and motivational strategies. Participants engage in weekly or bi-weekly coaching sessions, either online or in person, where they receive guidance on overcoming challenges and maintaining dietary changes. The coaching incorporates evidence-based behavior change techniques, such as goal setting, self-monitoring, feedback on performance, problem-solving, and stimulus control. To further support behavior change, participants receive practical tools, including visual aids, educational videos, and structured meal planning resources. The overall goal of behavioral support is to encourage sustainable dietary habits by providing continuous encouragement and individualized strategies.
Food support
Food support, which is provided exclusively to participants in the Optimized Lifestyle Intervention Group, ensures that they have access to key foods required to meet dietary targets. These foods include whole grains such as whole grain bread, oats, and pasta; vegetables in both fresh and frozen forms; fruits and berries, including apples, pears, and frozen berries; legumes such as lentils, beans, and chickpeas; and seafood, including fatty fish, lean fish, and mussels. To facilitate adherence, participants also receive recipes and meal plans that incorporate these foods. Some fresh food items are made available at supermarkets near participants' residences to improve accessibility and convenience. Food support aims to reduce barriers to dietary change by ensuring that participants have the necessary ingredients to follow the SWITCH diet effectively.
Dietary Advice
Dietary advice consists of a simple document outlining the SWITCH diet, which is based on European and Nordic dietary guidelines. Participants receive this information in written form without any additional guidance, counseling, or support. The SWITCH diet emphasizes increased consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and seafood while limiting processed foods, added sugars, and excessive salt.
Behavioral support intervention group
Receiving dietary advice and behavioral support
Behavioral Treatment
Behavioral support is designed to help participants adhere to the dietary recommendations through personalized coaching and motivational strategies. Participants engage in weekly or bi-weekly coaching sessions, either online or in person, where they receive guidance on overcoming challenges and maintaining dietary changes. The coaching incorporates evidence-based behavior change techniques, such as goal setting, self-monitoring, feedback on performance, problem-solving, and stimulus control. To further support behavior change, participants receive practical tools, including visual aids, educational videos, and structured meal planning resources. The overall goal of behavioral support is to encourage sustainable dietary habits by providing continuous encouragement and individualized strategies.
Dietary Advice
Dietary advice consists of a simple document outlining the SWITCH diet, which is based on European and Nordic dietary guidelines. Participants receive this information in written form without any additional guidance, counseling, or support. The SWITCH diet emphasizes increased consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and seafood while limiting processed foods, added sugars, and excessive salt.
Control group
Receiving dietary advice according to the SWITCH diet.
Dietary Advice
Dietary advice consists of a simple document outlining the SWITCH diet, which is based on European and Nordic dietary guidelines. Participants receive this information in written form without any additional guidance, counseling, or support. The SWITCH diet emphasizes increased consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and seafood while limiting processed foods, added sugars, and excessive salt.
Interventions
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Behavioral Treatment
Behavioral support is designed to help participants adhere to the dietary recommendations through personalized coaching and motivational strategies. Participants engage in weekly or bi-weekly coaching sessions, either online or in person, where they receive guidance on overcoming challenges and maintaining dietary changes. The coaching incorporates evidence-based behavior change techniques, such as goal setting, self-monitoring, feedback on performance, problem-solving, and stimulus control. To further support behavior change, participants receive practical tools, including visual aids, educational videos, and structured meal planning resources. The overall goal of behavioral support is to encourage sustainable dietary habits by providing continuous encouragement and individualized strategies.
Food support
Food support, which is provided exclusively to participants in the Optimized Lifestyle Intervention Group, ensures that they have access to key foods required to meet dietary targets. These foods include whole grains such as whole grain bread, oats, and pasta; vegetables in both fresh and frozen forms; fruits and berries, including apples, pears, and frozen berries; legumes such as lentils, beans, and chickpeas; and seafood, including fatty fish, lean fish, and mussels. To facilitate adherence, participants also receive recipes and meal plans that incorporate these foods. Some fresh food items are made available at supermarkets near participants' residences to improve accessibility and convenience. Food support aims to reduce barriers to dietary change by ensuring that participants have the necessary ingredients to follow the SWITCH diet effectively.
Dietary Advice
Dietary advice consists of a simple document outlining the SWITCH diet, which is based on European and Nordic dietary guidelines. Participants receive this information in written form without any additional guidance, counseling, or support. The SWITCH diet emphasizes increased consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, and seafood while limiting processed foods, added sugars, and excessive salt.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Body mass index 25-35 kg/m2
* Stable dietary patterns at the entry to the study (no specific dieting the last 4 weeks).
* Willingness to adhere to advised diet pattern and to consume provided key foods.
* Medications stable for the previous 14 days of relevant medicines
* Access to a -18⁰ C freezer to store key foods at home.
* Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction or stroke) during the previous 6 months. To be included, the disease needs to be stable.
* Diagnosis of diabetes (any type).
* Blood Pressure (BP): ≥185/105 mmHg.
* Serum Cholesterol (S-Chol): ≥8 mmol/L.
* Blood Glucose (B-Glucose): fasting value \>7 mmol/L.
* Currently on GLP-1 receptor agonists.
* History of stomach or gastrointestinal diagnoses (inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, hepatitis, malabsorption, celiac disease etc.).
* IBS- if severe and recent (\<0.5year)?
* Previous colostomy, bowel resection, bariatric surgery or other major gastrointestinal surgery.
* Renal or liver failure (creatinine \<1.7 mg/dl and alanine aminotransferase/ aspartate aminotransferase \> 2 times than normal values (ASAT, ALAT), respectively).
* Anemia or Hemoglobin (Hb): \<100 g/L
* Blood donation (or participation in a clinical study with blood sampling) within 30 days prior to inclusion
* Currently on a specific diet.
* A diet incompatible with protocol diets such as strict vegan/vegetarian.
* Food allergies or intolerances to food items included in the intervention.
* High level of regular physical activity at baseline - scale 4 on SG-PALS.
* History of drug or alcohol abuse.
* Not able to understand written or spoken Swedish.
* Any other reason for lack of suitability for participation in the trial, as judged by the principal investor and/ or the clinical investigator.
* Pregnant or lactating or planning to become pregnant during the study period.
* Involved in another potentially interfering research study.
18 Years
70 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Göteborg University
OTHER
Vastra Gotaland Region
OTHER_GOV
Chalmers University of Technology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rikard Landberg
Professor
Locations
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Center for Lifestyle Interventions, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Östra
Gothenburg, , Sweden
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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SWITCH
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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