Substituting Mushrooms for Meat to Control Body Weight

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This is a one-year clinical trial to assess weight-loss, weight-maintenance, and biochemical parameters following a weight-control diet using either standard food guide pyramid alone, or standard food guide pyramid with substitution of mushrooms for meat.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01177085

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

100

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male, female, >=18 years old
• Omnivorous
• BMI 25-40
• Seeking weight-loss

You may not qualify if…

• <18 years old
• Vegetarians
• Dislike mushroom
• Chronic disease
• HIV+
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Pregnant or nursing child
• Must not self-report allergies to mushrooms

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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