Popular Diets Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity, Insulin Resistance
In brief
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of three dominant dietary patterns - conventional low-fat, low-glycemic index (GI) and very-low-carbohydrate - on energy metabolism and heart disease risk factors following weight loss in obese young adults in a feeding study
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00315354
- Run by
- Boston Children's Hospital
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2006-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-11-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2
- Willing and able to come to the GCRC 5 days per week to consume a supervised meal and pick-up food for all other meals
- Available for scheduled hospital admissions
- Willing to abstain from alcohol consumption for the duration of the study
- If female, regular menstrual cycles (defined as 26 to 30 days between cycles; no more than one day variation in the duration of menstrual flow)
You may not qualify if…
- Weight > 350 lbs
- Change in body weight (± 10%) over preceding year
- Taking any medications or dietary supplements that might affect body weight, appetite, or energy expenditure
- Smoking (1 cigarette in the last week)
- High levels of physical activity
- Currently following a special diet
- Abnormal laboratory screening tests
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Allergies or aversions to foods on the study menu
- Previous diagnosis of an eating disorder or any other mental health disorder
- If female, pregnant in the past 12 months or planning to become pregnant during the study period
- If female, lactating in the preceding 12 months
- If taking birth control medication, change in medication in previous 3 months or plans to change medication during the study period
Where it is running
- Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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