Effect of Daily Calorie or Alternate-day Calorie Reductions on Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

NCT00467220 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2020-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the effects of alternate-day reductions in calorie intake or daily calorie restriction on the risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Conditions

  • Moderately Overweight Individuals

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

calorie restriction

Subjects in the "calorie restriction" arm and the "alternate day fasting" arm will be asked to follow a menu plan, for three months, that includes some level of calorie restriction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marc Hellerstein, MD, PhD · University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-17
Completion
2015-12-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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