What is the Case Study about? 

Despite numerous endeavours, success of changing dietary habits is almost marginal. The CS investigates how subjects’ specific preferences, social network and cohesion, level of education and financial resources can modify the adherence to and the effects of a dietary intervention within a 36 mth randomized intervention trial. This trial compares the effect of two dietary patterns on health-related outcomes, such as cardiovascular, metabolic and cognitive decline in 502 elderly subjects.

Project Staff

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Knut Mai (Medical Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Thu Nguyen (Medical Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Prof. Dr. Peter Feindt (Thaer Institue of Agricultural and Hortical Sciences, Life Science Faculty, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin)

Dr. Christiane Barnickel (Thaer Institue of Agricultural and Hortical Sciences, Life Science Faculty, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin)