Beverages and Societal Health

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity

In brief

The overall aim of the study is to compare the effects of three types of beverages - sugar-sweetened (SSB), artificially sweetened (ASB), and unsweetened (USB) - on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and body weight among young adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01295671

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

203

Starts

2011-02-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 18 to 40 years
• Consumption of at least 12 fluid ounces of sugar-sweetened beverage per day
• Willingness to consume types of beverages consistent with group assignment
• Body mass index (BMI) ranging from 18.5 - 40 kg/m2, and body weight ≤275 pounds
• Access to a working telephone or cell phone

You may not qualify if…

• Intention to move away from the greater Boston area during the projected period of study enrollment (i.e., 1 year post-randomization)
• Plans to be away from home for 5 weeks or longer during the study period (e.g., moving away from the greater Boston area during the summer)
• Physician diagnosis of a major medical illness, eating disorder, or phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Chronic use of any medication that may affect one or more study endpoints
• Impaired fasting glucose (IFG, fasting blood glucose ≥110 mg/dL)
• Current moderate or heavy smoker (>10 cigarettes per day)
• Another member of the family (i.e., first degree relative) or household participating in the study If female,
• Pregnant in the past 12 months or planning to become pregnant during the study period
• Lactating in the preceding 3 months
• Change in birth control medication in previous 3 months or plans to change during the study period

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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