University of Cincinnati study: Dietary educa

Initial data from a University of Cincinnati clinical study aimed at improving dietary quality and reducing cardiovascular risk show positive results.

The study, called Supermarket and Web-Based Intervention Targeting Nutrition (SuperWIN), promotes a heart-healthy diet through nutritional counseling provided by a supermarket-based registered dietitian at each participant’s home grocery store. It was a randomized controlled trial.

The trial is the result of a partnership between the university, UC Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Kroger Health, the healthcare arm of Kroger Co.

A study was published in a journal natural medicine.

“The additional health benefits demonstrated by consultation with a dietitian in the SuperWIN study reiterate the importance of access to nutritional consultation by a licensed dietitian,” said UC College of Allied Rehabilitation, Exercise and Nutrition. said Dr. Sarah Couch of the Science Division. She is a Health Sciences and she is a Co-Principal Investigator of SuperWIN.

The survey results show that:

1. An in-store personalized educational tour by a supermarket nutritionist will continuously improve the quality of your meals.
2. Education and training in online shopping, home delivery and nutrition applications will further improve the quality of eating.
3. Through thoughtful design and retail physical and technical infrastructure, clinical trials can be conducted with superior quality, even for community-based populations.

“The retail industry, including supermarkets and grocers, has long had great potential to extend the reach of traditional healthcare systems to communities by providing access, convenience and a customer-centric approach. Population Health Research in the Department of Cardiovascular Health and Disease at the University of California School of Medicine and Health Cardiologist at UC.

“The industry could also serve as an ideal environment for providing dietary interventions to address issues such as poor diet quality and rising obesity, which are large-scale unaddressed problems. there is,” adds Steen. “SuperWIN is the first clinical trial to be successfully conducted in a gold-standard fashion under partnership with a diverse academic group of researchers and a major supermarket chain.”

The SuperWIN study is the result of a partnership created over the years to study new interventions to improve the quality of food purchases and dietary intake.

The results of this study showed improved adherence to the Diet to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Participants in this study included 247 of her UC Health primary care patients with at least one of his three cardiovascular risk factors of obesity, hypertension, and/or high cholesterol. rice field. All research visits were conducted within a Kroger supermarket.

Participants first completed a medical nutrition visit with a Kroger Health nutritionist. Patients eligible to participate in the study were randomly assigned to one of three study groups.

The results of this study showed that, on average, participants in the group who attended an on-site tutoring and shopping practice session with a Kroger Health dietitian had significantly increased adherence to the DASH diet compared to the control group. showed.

Cincinnati Children’s oversaw data management, statistical analysis, interpretation of study results, and supported overall study design, interactive web-based reports for participants to review purchases and food intake, and modeling.

The Cincinnati Children’s Schubert Research Clinic interviewed participants about their dietary intake before the study and after 3 and 6 months. Data collected from these interviews were used to estimate the participants’ usual food and nutrient intakes, and ultimately whether or how these measures changed by the end of the study. We have determined how much it has changed.

“Superwin’s findings demonstrate the positive impact that retail dietitians can have on people trying to make healthy choices and the unique role of grocers in simplifying choices that affect health. ‘The collaboration between the University of Cincinnati and Kroger Health is laying the groundwork to change the way people approach grocery shopping with a focus on health. ”

The SuperWIN clinical trial examined the independent effects of adding online shopping, grocery delivery, and nutrition applications to educational and shopping practices based on on-site, personalized purchasing data. Those trained by Kroger Health’s nutritionists on these tools showed even greater adherence to the DASH diet.

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