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The Stanford Plant-based Educational Study: Providers Learning About Nutrition Together (PLANT)
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT05678075
Purpose
More than 70% of chronic illnesses can be prevented or reversed with a whole-food,
plant-based diet (WFPBD). This dietary pattern is also more sustainable for our planetary
health. The majority of physicians receive fewer than 20 hours of nutrition education during
the entire course of their medical training. Although many physicians are aware of the
importance of diet on their well-being, they face significant barriers in following a healthy
diet. Because physicians' own habits strongly influence patient health habits, the
investigators theorize that physicians who eat a WFPBD themselves will be much more likely to
successfully counsel their patients on nutrition and recommend a WFPBD.
The most effective methods that can be successfully used to encourage busy physicians to
adopt a WFPBD have not yet been identified. Given the increasing rates of diet-related
chronic illnesses, if proven effective, this study may offer a new scalable approach to
encourage physicians, and ultimately their patients, to adopt a WFPBD.
The aims of this study are to:
1. Assess the impact of a multimodal 6-week educational program on WFPBD on a) change in
physicians' diet type and quality, b) change in mindset about WFPBD, and c) stage of
change based on the transtheoretical model of behavior change (Figure 1), compared to
the delayed-intervention (control group) from baseline to week 6.
2. Assess the impact of the 6-week educational program on the development of skills and
knowledge required to a) adopt a WFPBD and b) counsel patients on the same.
Official Title
An Educational Campaign to Stimulate Adoption of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet Amongst Stanford Physicians: The PLANT Study (Providers Learning About Nutrition Together)
Stanford Investigator(s)
Tamiko Katsumoto
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical personnel at Stanford who agree to participate in this nutritional
intervention study
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Whole-food plant-based nutrition education
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Tamiko Katsumoto, MD
650-723-6961