Clustering of adherence to personalised dietary recommendations and changes in healthy eating index within the Food4Me study.
Katherine M Livingstone, Carlos Celis-Morales, Jose Lara, Clara Woolhead, Clare B O'Donovan, Hannah Forster, Cyril Fm Marsaux, Anna L Macready, Rosalind Fallaize, Santiago Navas-Carretero, Rodrigo San-Cristobal, Silvia Kolossa, Lydia Tsirigoti, Christina P Lambrinou, George Moschonis, Agnieszka Surwiłło, Christian A Drevon, Yannis Manios, Iwona Traczyk, Eileen R Gibney, Lorraine Brennan, Marianne C Walsh, Julie A Lovegrove, J Alfredo Martinez, Wim Hm Saris, Hannelore Daniel, Mike Gibney, John C Mathers
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Katherine M Livingstone: 1Human Nutrition Research Centre,Institute of Cellular Medicine,Newcastle University,Biomedical Research Building,Campus for Ageing and Vitality,Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL,UK. ORCID
Carlos Celis-Morales: 1Human Nutrition Research Centre,Institute of Cellular Medicine,Newcastle University,Biomedical Research Building,Campus for Ageing and Vitality,Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL,UK.
Jose Lara: 1Human Nutrition Research Centre,Institute of Cellular Medicine,Newcastle University,Biomedical Research Building,Campus for Ageing and Vitality,Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL,UK.
Clara Woolhead: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Clare B O'Donovan: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Hannah Forster: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Cyril Fm Marsaux: 3Department of Human Biology,NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Anna L Macready: 4Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research,University of Reading,Reading,UK.
Rosalind Fallaize: 4Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research,University of Reading,Reading,UK.
Santiago Navas-Carretero: 5Center for Nutrition Research,University of Navarra,Pamplona,Spain.
Rodrigo San-Cristobal: 6CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn),Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid,Spain.
Silvia Kolossa: 7ZIEL Research Center of Nutrition and Food Sciences,Biochemistry Unit,Technical University of Munich,Munich,Germany.
Lydia Tsirigoti: 8Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,Harokopio University,Athens,Greece.
Christina P Lambrinou: 8Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,Harokopio University,Athens,Greece.
George Moschonis: 8Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,Harokopio University,Athens,Greece.
Agnieszka Surwiłło: 9National Food & Nutrition Institute (IZZ),Warsaw,Poland.
Christian A Drevon: 10Department of Nutrition,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,University of Oslo,Oslo,Norway.
Yannis Manios: 8Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,Harokopio University,Athens,Greece.
Iwona Traczyk: 9National Food & Nutrition Institute (IZZ),Warsaw,Poland.
Eileen R Gibney: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Lorraine Brennan: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Marianne C Walsh: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
Julie A Lovegrove: 4Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research,University of Reading,Reading,UK.
J Alfredo Martinez: 6CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn),Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid,Spain.
Wim Hm Saris: 3Department of Human Biology,NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism,Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,The Netherlands.
Hannelore Daniel: 7ZIEL Research Center of Nutrition and Food Sciences,Biochemistry Unit,Technical University of Munich,Munich,Germany.
Mike Gibney: 2UCD Institute of Food and Health,University College Dublin,Dublin,Republic of Ireland.
John C Mathers: 1Human Nutrition Research Centre,Institute of Cellular Medicine,Newcastle University,Biomedical Research Building,Campus for Ageing and Vitality,Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL,UK.
OBJECTIVE: To characterise clusters of individuals based on adherence to dietary recommendations and to determine whether changes in Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores in response to a personalised nutrition (PN) intervention varied between clusters. DESIGN: Food4Me study participants were clustered according to whether their baseline dietary intakes met European dietary recommendations. Changes in HEI scores between baseline and month 6 were compared between clusters and stratified by whether individuals received generalised or PN advice. SETTING: Pan-European, Internet-based, 6-month randomised controlled trial. SUBJECTS: Adults aged 18-79 years (n 1480). RESULTS: Individuals in cluster 1 (C1) met all recommended intakes except for red meat, those in cluster 2 (C2) met two recommendations, and those in cluster 3 (C3) and cluster 4 (C4) met one recommendation each. C1 had higher intakes of white fish, beans and lentils and low-fat dairy products and lower percentage energy intake from SFA (P<0·05). C2 consumed less chips and pizza and fried foods than C3 and C4 (P<0·05). C1 were lighter, had lower BMI and waist circumference than C3 and were more physically active than C4 (P<0·05). More individuals in C4 were smokers and wanted to lose weight than in C1 (P<0·05). Individuals who received PN advice in C4 reported greater improvements in HEI compared with C3 and C1 (P<0·05). CONCLUSIONS: The cluster where the fewest recommendations were met (C4) reported greater improvements in HEI following a 6-month trial of PN whereas there was no difference between clusters for those randomised to the Control, non-personalised dietary intervention.