Alternate Day Fasting Combined With a High Protein Background Diet

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The aims of this study are as follows: AIM 1: To examine the weight loss and weight maintenance efficacy of an alternate day fasting-high protein (ADF-HP) diet; AIM 2: To examine the effects of an ADF-HP diet on metabolic disease risk factors (plasma lipids, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, insulin resistance).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03528317

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

52

Starts

2018-06-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age between 18 to 65 years old
• BMI between 30.0 and 49.9 kg/m2
• Previously sedentary or lightly active

You may not qualify if…

• Diabetic
• History of binge eating disorder
• Taking weight loss-inducing medications
• Not weight stable for 3 months prior to the study (weight gain or loss > 4 kg)
• Perimenopausal or have an irregular menstrual cycle (menses that does not appear every 27-32 days)
• Pregnant or trying to become pregnant
• Night shift worker
• Smokers

Where it is running

• University of Illinois, Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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