Spillover effect of a dietary intervention on physical activity in a randomized controlled trial with colorectal cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Randomized controlled studies (RCTs) targeting dietary changes may also lead to other, untargeted changes in lifestyle habits, as spillover effects. In particular, the isolated impact of the dietary intervention may be difficult to separate due to spillover effects from changes in physical activity and physical function. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the spillover effect of a one-year dietary intervention in post-surgery colorectal cancer patients by comparing the changes in physical activity and physical function between the diet intervention group and the control group in a randomized controlled trial, called the CRC-NORDIET study.

Methods

Men and women, aged 50-80 years were randomized into either the intervention group (n = 240) or the co

SUBMITTER: Henriksen HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12063259 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature