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Aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a vegan vs. vegetarian dietary pattern compared to an omnivore diet on body weight, saliva and stool microbiome profiles, as well as saliva, urine and plasma metabolome profile changes in freshmen after the first year at university/college.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| vegan | subjects having a vegan nutrition pattern for at least the last 3 months |
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| vegetarian | subjects having a vegetarian nutrition pattern for at least the last 3 months |
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| omnivores | subjects having a omnivore nutrition pattern for at least the last 3 months |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| cross-sectional observation | Other | observation of dietary patterns, body weight status, microbiome and metabolome profiles at the start of the first semester |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| change in body weight | change in body weight | one year |
| change in fat mass | change in body composition | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| saliva metabolome | changes in saliva metabolome | one year |
| gut microbiome | changes in gut microbiome | one year |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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healthy university / college freshmen studying in Kiel, Germany
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Anja Bosy-Westphal, PhD, MD | Contact | +494318805674 | abosyw@nutrition.uni-kiel.de |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Anja Bosy-Westphal, PhD, MD | Institute of Human Nutrition, Kiel University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Institute of Human Nutrition | Recruiting | Kiel | 24105 | Germany |
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serum and plasma samples, saliva, urine and stool samples
| cross-sectional follow-up observation | Other | follow-up observation of dietary patterns, body weight status,microbiome and metabolome profiles after one year |
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