TY - JOUR

T1 - Introducing insect- or plant-based dinner meals to families in Denmark: study protocol for a randomized intervention trial

AU - Maya, Cassandra

AU - Cunha, Luís Miguel

AU - Costa, Ana Isabel de Almeida

AU - Veldkamp, Teun

AU - Roos, Nanna

N1 - CURIS 2022 NEXS 299

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Background: Plant- and insect-based foods are promising alternative protein sources. Previous studies have shown that introducing plant-based foods to the diet can reduce meat intake, but no such intervention has explored theeffects of insect-based foods.Methods: This study aims to integrate alternative proteins to main meals of 80 Danish families through a 6-week two-arm randomized intervention trial to investigate acceptance, consumption, and potential for meat replacement. The primary outcome is the replacement of dietary meat protein with plant- or insect-based protein from the intervention foods assessed through change in daily meat protein intake, proportion of meat protein to total protein intake, and counts of dinner meals with meat and intervention products.Conclusion: The results of this study will contribute to research in alternative proteins and explore the effects of long-term exposure of meat replacement.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05156853. Registered 24 December 2021

AB - Background: Plant- and insect-based foods are promising alternative protein sources. Previous studies have shown that introducing plant-based foods to the diet can reduce meat intake, but no such intervention has explored theeffects of insect-based foods.Methods: This study aims to integrate alternative proteins to main meals of 80 Danish families through a 6-week two-arm randomized intervention trial to investigate acceptance, consumption, and potential for meat replacement. The primary outcome is the replacement of dietary meat protein with plant- or insect-based protein from the intervention foods assessed through change in daily meat protein intake, proportion of meat protein to total protein intake, and counts of dinner meals with meat and intervention products.Conclusion: The results of this study will contribute to research in alternative proteins and explore the effects of long-term exposure of meat replacement.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05156853. Registered 24 December 2021

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - Acceptability

KW - Alternative proteins

KW - Dietary intervention

KW - Edible insects

KW - Meat replacement

KW - Plant-based foods

KW - Sustainable diet

UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-07000-6

U2 - 10.1186/s13063-022-07000-6

DO - 10.1186/s13063-022-07000-6

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36539897

VL - 23

JO - Trials

JF - Trials

SN - 1745-6215

M1 - 1028

ER -