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Diet, Food, and NutritionNCT03335644

The NutriNet-Santé Study

An observational study of Diet, Food, and Nutrition and Exercise, run by University of Paris 13 at 1 site in France.

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Trial summary

The NutriNet-Santé study was set up to investigate nutrition and health relationships. Specifically, it was the first web-based cohort worldwide on such a large scale (n=171 000 as of 2021) focused on the complex link between nutrition and health status. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
How many people
170,000 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
11 May 2009to 11 May 2029
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 15 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: The NutriNet-Santé study is a French ongoing web-based cohort launched in 2009 with the objective to study the associations between nutrition and health as well as the determinants of dietary behaviors and nutritional status. This cohort has been previously described in details (citations). Participants aged over 15 years with access to the Internet are recruited by vast multimedia campaigns. All questionnaires are completed online using a dedicated website (www.etude-nutrinet-sante.fr).

Who may be able to join

  • aged over 15 years
  • access to internet

Who cannot join

  • aged under 15 years

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

France1 site, 1 recruiting
  • EREN

    Bobigny, Seine Saint Denis, 93017

    Mathilde Touvier, Dr, +33148388933, m.touvier@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr

    Pilar Galan, Dr

    Recruiting

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: The NutriNet-Santé Study. A Web-based Prospective Cohort Study of the Relationship Between Nutrition and Health and of Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Status Predictors

The NutriNet-Santé study was set up to investigate nutrition and health relationships. Specifically, it was the first web-based cohort worldwide on such a large scale (n=171 000 as of 2021) focused on the complex link between nutrition and health status. It is characterized by a very detailed assessment of nutritional exposure and dietary behavior.

https://etude-nutrinet-sante.fr/ https://info.etude-nutrinet-sante.fr/en

Read the detailed description

NutriNet-Santé is a large-scale (n=171,000) web-based cohort coordinated by EREN, launched in France in 2009 to investigate nutrition and health relationships. All required ethics authorisations have been obtained (listed here). NutriNet-Santé participants regularly fill questionnaires through a dedicated and secure website, providing extensive, high-quality nutritional and non-nutritional data, including repeated data on socio-demographics and lifestyle (yearly), anthropometrics (every 6 months), dietary intake (every 6 months), physical activity (IPAQ questionnaire, yearly)5 and health status (every 6 months). NutriNet-Santé is characterised by a very detailed and up-to-date assessment of nutritional exposure and dietary behaviours. Usual dietary intakes are assessed at baseline and every 6 months thereafter through a series of 3 non-consecutive randomly assigned 24h dietary records. Daily energy, alcohol, micro- and macronutrient intakes are calculated using the published NutriNet-Santé food composition database (>3,500 generic items). All major health events (e.g., cancers, cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases) are reported by the participants and validated by an expert committee of physicians based on medical records, and/or retrieved from the French National Health Insurance medico-administrative databases to limit potential reporting bias. In turn, mortality data are obtained from the exhaustive French National Mortality Registry (CépiDC). The number of incident events already registered is as follows: 4,200 cancers and 1,240 deaths. A sub-sample of the cohort (n=20,000) provided blood and urine samples, currently stored at -80°C in EREN's biobank.

Keywords
determinants of dietary patterns and nutritional status, Food additives, Food processing, Exclusion diets, vegetarian diet, vegan diet, Organic food, pesticide exposure, sustainability, Gut microbiota, Food labeling, Dietary supplements, Food based dietary guidelines, Psychological determinants of food behavior, Geographical determinants of food behavior, Breastfeeding, Mental health, Cancer, Cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health, Multimorbidity
Medical subject headings
Motor Activity, Breast Feeding, Psychological Well-Being, Neoplasms

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. cancers using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  2. CVD using health questionnaire and/or the dedicated website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  3. type 2 diabetes using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  4. hypertension using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  5. metabolic syndrome using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  6. depression using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  7. migraine using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  8. rheumatoid arthritis using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  9. cognitive decline using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  10. quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire

    self reported

    Measured: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  11. Weight using anthropometric questionnaire

    self reported

    Measured: every year after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  12. Height using anthropometric questionnaire

    self reported

    Measured: every year after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up

  13. Mortality

    CepiDC exhaustive national registry

    Measured: continuously updated

  14. Mental health (incl. anxious disorders, sleep disorders, addictive behaviors, eating disorders)

    self reported though validated scales and/or questionnaires

    Measured: repeatedly during followup

  15. SARSCOV-2 (Covid 19) infection

    serology + questionnaires on symptoms

    Measured: regular update for a subsampe of the cohort from 2020

  16. multi-morbidity (mental and physical health)

    combination of previsously listed mental and physical health outcomes

    Measured: continuous update

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Nov 2017
  2. Study start11 May 2009
  3. Primary completion11 May 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completion11 May 2029 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
170,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03335644
Sponsor's protocol ID
NutriNet-Santé
Status last verified
Jul 2021
First submitted
11 Oct 2017
Last updated
26 Jul 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Hercberg S, Castetbon K, Czernichow S, Malon A, Mejean C, Kesse E, Touvier M, Galan P. The Nutrinet-Sante Study: a web-based prospective study on the relationship between nutrition and health and determinants of dietary patterns and nutritional status. BMC Public Health. 2010 May 11;10:242. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-242.

    PubMed 20459807
  • Le Folcalvez X, Obeid E, Palomar-Cros A, Fezeu LK, Bourhis L, Bellicha A, Peneau S, Deschamps V, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Touvier M, Hercberg S, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Andreeva VA, Lassale C, Montagner A, Guillou H, Jacobi D, Srour B. Eating jetlag based on meal timing discrepancies and risk of cardiovascular disease using the prospective cohort NutriNet-Sante. Commun Med (Lond). 2026 Sep 1;6(1):453. doi: 10.1038/s43856-026-01758-5.

    PubMed 42680779
  • Hasenbohler A, Javaux G, Payen de la Garanderie M, Szabo de Edelenyi F, Bourhis L, Agaesse C, De Sa A, Huybrechts I, Pierre F, Coumoul X, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Alles B, Fezeu LK, Hercberg S, Galan P, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Chassaing B, Srour B, Touvier M. Food additive and naturally occurring glutamate and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the NutriNet-Sante prospective cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Aug 8:101462. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101462. Online ahead of print.

    PubMed 42570865
  • Hasenbohler A, Javaux G, Payen de la Garanderie M, Szabo de Edelenyi F, Yvroud-Hoyos P, Agaesse C, De Sa A, Huybrechts I, Pierre F, Coumoul X, Fezeu LK, Galan P, Blacher J, Julia C, Alles B, Hercberg S, Chassaing B, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Srour B, Touvier M. Preservative food additives, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases: the NutriNet-Sante study. Eur Heart J. 2026 May 20:ehag308. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehag308. Online ahead of print.

    PubMed 42161430
  • Larnder AH, Murphy RA, Srour B, Dechamp N, Galan P, Hercberg S, Bourhis L, Diaz C, Genilloud O, Touvier M, Deschasaux-Tanguy M. Plasma metabolites, dietary intakes, and breast cancer incidence: a prospective case-cohort study in NutriNet-Sante. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Jul;124(1):101342. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101342. Epub 2026 May 23.

    PubMed 42114757
  • Berlivet J, Meyer E, Alles B, Lairon D, Hercberg S, Touvier M, Srour B, Baudry J, Kesse-Guyot E. Consumption of organic compared with conventional fruits and vegetables in relation to cancer risk: findings from the NutriNet-Sante cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 May;123(5):101284. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101284. Epub 2026 Mar 19.

    PubMed 41862000
  • Hasenbohler A, Javaux G, Payen de la Garanderie M, Szabo de Edelenyi F, Bourhis L, Agaesse C, De Sa A, Huybrechts I, Pierre F, Coumoul X, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Alles B, Fezeu LK, Hercberg S, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Cosson E, Tatulashvili S, Chassaing B, Srour B, Touvier M. Associations between preservative food additives and type 2 diabetes incidence in the NutriNet-Sante prospective cohort. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 7;16(1):11199. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67360-w.

    PubMed 41501013
  • Hasenbohler A, Javaux G, Payen de la Garanderie M, de Edelenyi FS, Yvroud-Hoyos P, Agaesse C, De Sa A, Huybrechts I, Pierre F, Audebert M, Coumoul X, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Alles B, Deschamps V, Hercberg S, Chassaing B, Srour B, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Touvier M. Intake of food additive preservatives and incidence of cancer: results from the NutriNet-Sante prospective cohort. BMJ. 2026 Jan 7;392:e084917. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-084917.

    PubMed 41500678
  • Cote M, Hutchinson JM, Touvier M, Srour B, Bourhis L, Lamarche B, Fezeu LK. Associations between Dietary Pattern Networks Derived from Machine Learning Algorithms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the NutriNet-Sante Cohort. J Nutr. 2025 Nov;155(11):4033-4042. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.09.014. Epub 2025 Sep 22.

    PubMed 40992665
  • Paz-Graniel I, Kose J, Duquenne P, Babio N, Salas-Salvado J, Hercberg S, Galan P, Touvier M, Fezeu LK, Andreeva VA. Alcohol, Smoking, and Their Synergy as Risk Factors for Incident Type 2 Diabetes. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Nov;69(5):108011. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.108011. Epub 2025 Jul 31.

    PubMed 40752888
  • Berthy F, Toujgani H, Duquenne P, Fezeu LK, Lairon D, Pointereau P, Touvier M, Hercberg S, Galan P, Alles B, Baudry J, Kesse-Guyot E. Prospective association of the EAT-Lancet reference diet with body weight changes and incidence of overweight and obesity in a French cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Aug;122(2):450-459. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.013. Epub 2025 Jun 17.

    PubMed 40553762
  • Toujgani H, Wang J, Perraud E, Baudry J, Berlivet J, Alles B, Fouillet H, Hercberg S, Touvier M, Lairon D, Pointereau P, Couturier C, Mariotti F, Kesse-Guyot E; TRANSFood Consortium. Dietary consumption trajectory profiles over time of French adults from the NutriNet-Sante cohort (2014-2022): multicriteria analysis of sustainability. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Jun 13;22(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01777-w.

    PubMed 40514663
  • Paolassini-Guesnier P, Van Beekum M, Kesse-Guyot E, Baudry J, Shankland R, Rodhain A, Bellicha A, Leys C, Hercberg S, Touvier M, Alles B, Peneau S. Mindful eating is associated with a healthier plant-based diet in the NutriNet-Sante study. Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 6;15(1):19928. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02195-5.

    PubMed 40481021
  • Meyer E, Alles B, Berlivet J, Peneau S, Bellicha A, Touvier M, Langevin B, Pointereau P, Lairon D, Hercberg S, Kesse-Guyot E, Baudry J. Typology of out-of-home eaters: a description of sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional and environmental characteristics in the NutriNet-Sante cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 May 26;22(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01752-5.

    PubMed 40420193
  • Payen de la Garanderie M, Hasenbohler A, Dechamp N, Javaux G, Szabo de Edelenyi F, Agaesse C, De Sa A, Bourhis L, Porcher R, Pierre F, Coumoul X, Kesse-Guyot E, Alles B, Fezeu LK, Cosson E, Tatulashvili S, Huybrechts I, Hercberg S, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Chassaing B, Rytter H, Srour B, Touvier M. Food additive mixtures and type 2 diabetes incidence: Results from the NutriNet-Sante prospective cohort. PLoS Med. 2025 Apr 8;22(4):e1004570. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004570. eCollection 2025 Apr.

    PubMed 40198579

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Diet, Food, and Nutrition and Exercise, run by University of Paris 13 at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Mathilde Touvier, Dr (+33148388933, m.touvier@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

cancers using health questionnaire and/or the website for declaration of major health events (time frame: every 6 months after registration, up to 10 years of follow-up). The study lists 16 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03335644, which also lists 65 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Jul 2021.

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