The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in The Diet: a Vietnamese Study

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• Main ID: NCT02626988
• Date of registration: 03/12/2015
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Bioversity International
• Public title: The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in The Diet: a Vietnamese Study
• Scientific title: The Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in The Diet: a Vietnamese Study
• Date of first enrolment: August 5, 2016
• Target sample size: 180
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02626988
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Vietnam

Contacts

• Name: Jessica E Raneri
• Affiliation: Bioversity International

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Woman of reproductive age (between 15-49 years) who are the mother or primary
caregiver of a child between 12 and 23 months of age.

- Both the woman and the child should be permanent residents in the village selected and
do not temporarily migrate outside the village cluster during the year.

- Reside in a Thai Village

Exclusion Criteria:

- Reside in a village that is the Urban center of commune/province

- Currently engaged in other agriculture or nutrition programme or Intervention apart
from what is offered by government extension workers



Age minimum: 12 Months
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Biodiversity

Food Intake

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Promotion of a biodiverse diet

Primary Outcome(s)

Mean species richness consumed daily [Time Frame: 12 months]

Mean intakes (g) of Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds [Time Frame: 12 months]

Proportion of women and children consuming Dark Green leafy vegetables, Vitamin A Rich Fruit and Vegetable and Legumes, nuts and seeds by mothers and young children [Time Frame: 12 months]

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of iron and vitamin A [Time Frame: 12 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Child nutritional status - Wasting/Overweight - Mean change from baseline in weight-for-height Z-scores. The following measurements will be directly collected Height/Length (cm) and Weight (Kg) [Time Frame: 12 months]

Individual Dietary Diversity Score - Children. Score constructed of count of number of food groups consumed out of 7 [Time Frame: 12 months]

Proportion of women and children reaching EAR of 16 key nutrients [Time Frame: 12 months]

Child nutritional status - Underweight - Mean change from baseline in weight-for-age Z-scores The following direct measurements will be collected Age (months) and Weight (Kg) [Time Frame: 12 months]

Individual Dietary Diversity Score - Women - Score constructed of number of food groups consumed out of 10 [Time Frame: 12 months]

Mean daily intakes (g) of processed foods and drinks [Time Frame: 12 months]

Minimum Dietary Diversity - Children - Proportion of children that consumed 4 or more food groups (out of 7). [Time Frame: 12 months]

Child nutritional status - Stunting - Mean change from baseline in height-for-age Z-scores The following direct measurements will be collected Age (months), Height/Length (cm) [Time Frame: 12 months]

Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women - Proportion of women that consumed 5 or more food groups (out of 10). [Time Frame: 12 months]

Mean proportion of daily energy, fat, salt and sugar intakes from processed foods [Time Frame: 12 months]

Nutritional Knowledge of Women, score [Time Frame: 12 months]

Secondary ID(s)

BIOHTDIET2015JR

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

HealthBridge

University Ghent

Center for Agriculture and Ecological Studies