Worksite Nutrition Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight, Type 2 Diabetes
In brief
The Worksite Nutrition Study is 22-week translational study aimed at determining how well a worksite-based nutrition program, as compared to a control group, is able to 1) produce clinically significant weight-loss, 2) improve cardiovascular factors, 3) decrease work absenteeism, 4) improve overall quality of life, 5) improve diabetes control in participants with diabetes, and 6) promote dietary adherence and acceptability. The nutrition program for the intervention group consists of once-weekly group meetings where participants will receive group support and nutrition education on a low-fat, vegan diet.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00481897
- Run by
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- People needed
- 113
- Starts
- 2007-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-08-07
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- employee at the intervention worksite or the control worksite;
- BMI > 25 or a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, as defined by a fasting plasma glucose concentration > 126 mg/dl on two occasions or a prior physician's diagnosis of type 2 diabetes with the use of hypoglycemic medications for at least six months;
- male or female;
- age at least 18 years;
- ability and willingness to participate in all components of the study; and
- a willingness to be assigned to a low-fat, vegan diet or control group.
You may not qualify if…
- a history of alcohol abuse or dependency followed by any current use;
- current or unresolved past drug abuse;
- pregnancy;
- history of severe mental illness;
- unstable medical status;
- already following a low-fat, vegetarian diet;
- an inordinate fear of blood draw; and
- A1c <7 or >10.5% (for volunteers with diabetes).
Where it is running
- Washington Center for Clinical Research — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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