GONG-Gruppo Orientamento Nutrizione Giovani (Nutrition Orientation for Young People): a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach using validated methods to reduce nutritional vulnerability and promote a healthy lifestyle in Sapienza Universit...
| Componente | Categoria |
|---|---|
| Andrea Zagaria | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
| Alessandro Pinto | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca |
| Eleonora Poggiogalle | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
| Caterina Lombardo | Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca |
| Edoardo Mocini | Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca |
BACKGROUND: It is well known that adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) is decreasing and this has been related to the rise in non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).
The University population (employees and students) has been indicated as being at risk of adopting an unhealthy lifestyle (due to the evolution towards sedentarism or by contrast to a hectic lifestyle) and of developing NCDs as a consequence. AIMS of the proposed study is
2. to evaluate the efficacy of nutritional counselling in increasing adherence to the Mediterranean diet, increasing health benefit and inflammatory, metabolic and oxidative stress biomarkers, anthropometric measures, adherence to the MD and food purchase habits will be analyzed at the beginning and at the end of the intervention.
METHODS:
Participants will be recruited among the Sapienza population (students, teachers, and employees) with low adherence to the MD and/or lacking nutritional literacy. Two subgroups will be formed: one will receive standard nutritional advice based on the Guidelines for healthy Italian food habits; a second group will receive multidisciplinary health counselling that includes both nutritional advice and psychological health coaching. Inflammatory, metabolic and oxidative stress biomarkers, anthropometric measures, adherence to the MD, and food purchase habits will be analyzed at the beginning and at the end of the intervention.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Both interventions are supposed to improve nutritional status, anxiety around food and food-related thoughts, food purchase habits, and inflammatory profile, but we hypothesize that the health counseling group will record the bigger improvement.