Investigating Food Intake Across the Adult Life Course and Relevant Communication Strategies

Investigating Food Intake Across the Adult Life Course and Relevant Communication Strategies

This project will investigate the effects of different delivery strategies (e.g., personalised dietary advice vs generalised population healthy eating guidance) and individual consumption differences (e.g., eating styles/speeds and food types/preferences) on dietary fibre intake across the adult life-course over a 6-month period.

1. does dietary fibre-related knowledge and intake vary across the adult life-course?
2. what are the common barriers to dietary fibre consumption and how this modulates with increasing age?
3. what is the role of individual consumption differences on subsequent dietary fibre consumption?
4. can targeted dietary advice compared with general population healthy eating guidance delivered by the eNutri app promote dietary fibre intake?

Inclusion Criteria

-adults aged 18 years and above

Exclusion Criteria

• health conditions impacting fibre intake (e.g., IBD, IBS, colorectal cancer, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis)
• pregnant or breastfeeding
• food allergies/intolerances
• following a weight-loss diet
• no digital device
• living outside of the UK
• cognition impairments (such as dementia)