A Nutritional Intervention in Police Officers

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Conditions studied: Overweight, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

The proposed study seeks to test the effect of a plant-based dietary intervention on cardiovascular risk factors in police officers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02651480

Run by

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

People needed

20

Starts

2016-02-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and women at least 18 years
• Body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2 and/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
• Currently an employee of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
• Ability and willingness to participate in all components of the study
• A willingness to be randomly assigned to either study group

You may not qualify if…

• Alcohol consumption of more than 2 drinks per day or the equivalent, episodic increased drinking (e.g., more than 2 drinks per day on weekends), or a history of alcohol abuse or dependency followed by any current use
• Use of recreational drugs in the past 6 months (past drug use, if fully recovered, is not a criteria for exclusion)
• Pregnancy
• Unstable medical or psychiatric illness
• Likely to be disruptive in group sessions (as determined by research staff)
• Already following a low-fat, vegan diet
• Lack of English fluency
• Inability or unwillingness to participate in all components of the study

Where it is running

• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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