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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Katherine Livingstone, Dr Carlos Celis Morales, Dr Jose Lara-Gallegos, Eileen Gibney, Professor Lorraine Brennan, Professor John Mathers
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© The Authors 2016. Objective To characterise clusters of individuals based on adherence to dietary recommendations and to determine whether changes in Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores in response to a personalised nutrition (PN) intervention varied between clusters. Design Food4Me study participants were clustered according to whether their baseline dietary intakes met European dietary recommendations. Changes in HEI scores between baseline and month 6 were compared between clusters and stratified by whether individuals received generalised or PN advice. Setting Pan-European, Internet-based, 6-month randomised controlled trial. Subjects Adults aged 18-79 years (n 1480). Results Individuals in cluster 1 (C1) met all recommended intakes except for red meat, those in cluster 2 (C2) met two recommendations, and those in cluster 3 (C3) and cluster 4 (C4) met one recommendation each. C1 had higher intakes of white fish, beans and lentils and low-fat dairy products and lower percentage energy intake from SFA (P<0·05). C2 consumed less chips and pizza and fried foods than C3 and C4 (P<0·05). C1 were lighter, had lower BMI and waist circumference than C3 and were more physically active than C4 (P<0·05). More individuals in C4 were smokers and wanted to lose weight than in C1 (P<0·05). Individuals who received PN advice in C4 reported greater improvements in HEI compared with C3 and C1 (P<0·05). Conclusions The cluster where the fewest recommendations were met (C4) reported greater improvements in HEI following a 6-month trial of PN whereas there was no difference between clusters for those randomised to the Control, non-personalised dietary intervention.
Author(s): Livingstone KM, Celis-Morales C, Lara J, Woolhead C, O'Donovan CB, Forster H, Marsaux CF, Macready AL, Fallaize R, Navas-Carretero S, San-Cristobal R, Kolossa S, Tsirigoti L, Lambrinou CP, Moschonis G, Surwillo A, Drevon CA, Manios Y, Traczyk I, Gibney ER, Brennan L, Walsh MC, Lovegrove JA, Martinez JA, Saris WH, Daniel H, Gibney M, Mathers JC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Public Health Nutrition
Year: 2016
Volume: 19
Issue: 18
Pages: 3296-3305
Print publication date: 11/02/2016
Online publication date: 08/08/2016
Acceptance date: 20/06/2016
Date deposited: 03/07/2018
ISSN (print): 1368-9800
ISSN (electronic): 1475-2727
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016001932
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016001932
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