Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Men and Women (ALIMED)-Part 2
Gender Differences in Response to the Mediterranean Diet-Part 2
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to document differences between men and women (referred here as gender differences) in diet adherence and in changes in specific dietary intakes and energy density in response to a 12-week nutritional education program promoting the Mediterranean diet in both the short term (immediately after the end of the intervention) and longer term (3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention). The investigators hypothesize that both in the short and the longer term, women will have a better adherence to recommendations promoting the Mediterranean diet than men namely because of higher self-determination.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental: Men and Mediterranean diet | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Experimental: Women and Mediterranean diet | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Men and Mediterranean diet
- description
- The 12-week nutritional education program will include 3 group sessions with 8-12 participants per group, 3 individual counseling sessions, and 4 telephone interviews. The registered dietitian will encourage participants to make their own decision about dietary changes while promoting their autonomy and competence, and will accept participants' choices, avoiding pressuring them to perform a specific change.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Experimental: Men and Mediterranean diet
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Women and Mediterranean diet
- description
- The 12-week nutritional education program will include 3 group sessions with 8-12 participants per group, 3 individual counseling sessions, and 4 telephone interviews. The registered dietitian will encourage participants to make their own decision about dietary changes while promoting their autonomy and competence, and will accept participants' choices, avoiding pressuring them to perform a specific change.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Experimental: Women and Mediterranean diet
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
- Maximum age
- 50 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Men and premenopausal women from de Quebec City metropolitan area. * Involved in food purchases and/or meal preparation * Stable body weight (+/- 2.5 kg) for at least 3 months before the beginning of the study * Slightly elevated LDL-cholesterol concentrations (≥ 3.0 mM) or total cholesterol to HDL-C ratio ≥ 5.0 * At least one of the four following factors of the metabolic syndrome: 1. Triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mM; 2. Fasting glucose between 6.1 and 6.9 mM; 3. Blood pressure concentrations ≥ 130 / 85 mm Hg; 4. Waist circumference \> 94 cm in men and \> 80 cm in women Exclusion Criteria: * Smokers * Alcoholism problem * Pregnancy * Cardiovascular and endocrinal diseases * Medication that could affect dependent variables measured (namely lipid-lowering, hypoglycemic, insulin sensitizers and antihypertensive medication) * Food allergies/aversions * Mediterranean score \> 29
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLeblanc V, Begin C, Hudon AM, Royer MM, Corneau L, Dodin S, Lemieux S. Gender differences in the long-term effects of a nutritional intervention program promoting the Mediterranean diet: changes in dietary intakes, eating behaviors, anthropometric and metabolic variables. Nutr J. 2014 Nov 22;13:107. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-107. PMID 25416917