RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07417254

Novel Personalised Nutrition Intervention With Tailored Behavioural Support

A Novel Personalised NUtrition Intervention With Tailored Behavioural Support to Promote Sustainable and Healthy Diets in University Students: the P-NUTS Randomised Controlled Trial

Sponsor

University College Dublin

Enrollment

66 participants

Start Date

Oct 20, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Behavior Change Behavior Change Interventions Dietary Behaviour Personalised Nutrition Sustainable Healthy Diet Behavior And Behavior Mechanism

Summary

The aim of this study is to test the efficacy of a novel personalised nutrition intervention with tailored behavioural support compared to a control personalised nutrition intervention for improving adherence to sustainable and healthy dietary recommendations in young (18-30 years), healthy university students.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 30 Years

Inclusion Criteria2

Be a UCD student attending Belfield Campus.
Be an adult between the age of 18-30 years old, and in good general health.

Exclusion Criteria7

Do not attend UCD Belfield Campus.
Are \<18 or \>30 years of age.
Have a diagnosis of an acute or chronic medical condition that could interfere with the outcomes of the study. Such diagnoses include (but are not limited to) cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, cancers (within the past 5 years), etc.
Are pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant.
Are following a medically prescribed diet.
Are immunocompromised or have a suspected immunodeficiency.
Have a known food allergy.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALPersonalised sustainable and healthy dietary recommendations with standardised and tailored behavioural support.

Participants will receive a personalised dietary plan, standardised behavioural support (based on the standardised support provided in the pilot trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06631469), which was based on previous personalised nutrition trials and usual care in dietetic practice), and tailored behavioural support to help participants to meet their personalised dietary recommendations.

BEHAVIORALPersonalised sustainable and healthy dietary recommendations with standardised behavioural support.

Participants will receive a personalised dietary plan and standardised behavioural support (based on the standardised support provided in the pilot trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06631469), which was based on previous personalised nutrition trials and usual care in dietetic practice) to help participants to meet their personalised dietary recommendations.