Implementation and Evaluation of Nutrition Interventions

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Conditions studied: Healthy Participants, Nutrition Intervention, Higher Education Students

In brief

This project aims to implement and evaluate two multi-component dietary interventions focused on promoting healthy and sustainable eating behaviors and preventing weight gain among Flemish higher education students. These interventions will take place over a period of eight weeks and are specifically designed to support healthy lifestyle choices during the transition from secondary school to higher education, a critical period where unhealthy eating behaviors and weight gain are common. The interventions will be conducted at a university and a college, utilizing nudges in student restaurants, social media campaigns via Instagram, and workshops to encourage healthy and sustainable eating habits. Effectiveness will be measured using questionnaires administered at three points in time: before the intervention (baseline), immediately after the intervention (post-intervention), and five months later (follow-up). Two other campuses will serve as a control group to compare results. In addition to assessing effectiveness, a process evaluation will also be conducted. This will involve focus groups with students and stakeholders, as well as a process questionnaire, to gain insights into the implementation of the interventions and the experiences of those involved. If the interventions prove successful, they may be scaled up to other Flemish institutions as part of a broader strategy for cancer prevention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06876272

Run by

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

People needed

653

Starts

2025-02-17

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Higher education students:
• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for par-ticipation in the study;
• Male, female or X, aged 18-24 years;
• Healthy higher education students from institution X or campus Y.
• Adopters and implementers:
• Persons who are involved in the design, implementation, daily operations or management of the nutrition intervention.
• Persons who have knowledge of the specific goals of the nutrition intervention.

You may not qualify if…

• Higher education students:
• Students who speak insufficient Dutch;
• Students who are less than 18 years old.
• Adopters and implementers:
• Persons who speak insufficient Dutch.

Where it is running

• University of Antwerp - Stadscampus — Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium (enrolling)
• University of Antwerp - Campus Drie Eiken — Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium (enrolling)
• University college Leuven-Limburg: Campus Diepenbeek — Diepenbeek, Limburg, Belgium (enrolling)
• University College Leuven-Limburg: Campus Proximus — Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium (enrolling)

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