Fiber Health Benefits

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that fiber supplementation will provide measurable differences in indices of children's health (fewer complaints of abdominal pain and constipation, lower body mass index) compared to placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02177864

Run by

Warren Bishop

People needed

100

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-28

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children bewteen ages of 5-12 years

You may not qualify if…

• History of allergy/intolerance to components of the snack bars (e.g. celiac disease)
• History of Hisrchsprungs disease, abdominal surgery to intestine or colon
• Unable to take a fiber bar by mouth

Where it is running

• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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