Calcium, Dairy, and Body Fat in Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Energy Metabolism

In brief

Lifestyle choices,including diet,are conducive to healthy body weights in children. Dairy products and calcium supplementation have been associated with moderation of body weight and body fat. This study was designed to test the following hypotheses with overweight and obese adolescents consuming a controlled diet: * Dietary calcium supplementation as calcium carbonate or dairy calcium modulates energy balance in adolescents. * Increased calcium in the diet of adolescents will increase fecal fat excretion and thereby decrease fat absorption. * Calcium and dairy product supplementation will increase lipid oxidation resulting in an increase in energy expenditure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00592137

Run by

Purdue University

People needed

43

Starts

2004-04-01

Expected to finish

2004-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-01-13

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Over weight (>85th percentile BMI for age)

You may not qualify if…

• > 180% of ideal body weight for height
• Malabsorptive disorders
• Bone disease
• Liver disease
• Kidney disease
• Anemia
• Smoking or illegal drugs
• Oral contraceptives
• Pregnancy
• Medications that influence calcium metabolism

Where it is running

• Department of Foods and Nutrition — West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

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