UCSD Get Fit, Be Fit Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Overweight and Obesity

In brief

The purpose of the Get Fit, Be Fit Study is to examine the effect of incorporating pistachios in an intensive 4-month cognitive-behavioral weight loss intervention in overweight and obese men and women, to examine effects on metabolic factors, and to monitor and examine changes in dietary intake and food choices during the intervention, in a randomized controlled study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03387709

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

100

Starts

2018-04-04

Expected to finish

2019-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-24

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and Women who reside in the San Diego area
• Age 21 and older
• BMI ≥ 27.0 kg/m2 and ≤40 kg/m2
• No known allergy to tree nuts
• Non-diabetic
• Non-smoker
• Willing and able to participate in clinic visits, group sessions, and telephone and Internet communications at specified intervals
• Able to provide data through questionnaires and by telephone
• Willing to maintain contact with the investigators for 6 months
• Willing to allow blood collections
• Capable of performing a simple test for assessing cardiopulmonary fitness
• Willing and able to be physically active

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to participate in physical activity because of severe disability
• Inability to restrict consumption of nuts for four months
• History or presence of a co-morbid disease for which diet modification and increased physical activity may be contraindicated
• Self-reported pregnancy or breastfeeding or planning a pregnancy within the next year
• Currently actively involved in another diet intervention study or organized weight loss program
• Having a history or presence of a significant psychiatric disorder or any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would interfere with participation in the trial.
• Prior to enrollment
• Subjects will be screened for diabetes and considered ineligible with a fasting blood glucose ≥125 mg/dL.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Diego — La Jolla, California, United States

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