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Weight Loss and Abdominal Fat Responses to Different Diet Compositions

NCT01034046 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-04-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of two different reduced calorie diets that have different combinations of carbohydrate, fat, and protein content in 2 groups of study participants: insulin sensitive participants and insulin resistant participants. The hypothesis of the study is that people with high and low levels of insulin resistance may respond differently to different diet compositions in a real-world environment using meals that are commonly available.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Low Carbohydrate Diet

Low carbohydrate diet (45% carbohydrate, 35% fat and 20% protein diet) administered utilizing meal replacements.

OTHER

Low Fat Diet

Low fat diet (60% carbohydrate, 20% fat and 20% protein diet) administered utilizing meal replacements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jenny Craig, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raymond A Plodkowski, MD · University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno

  • Sachiko T St. Jeor, PhD, RD · University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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