Korean Diet Efficacy Clinical Trial

NCT01124071 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2010-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine:

1. the acceptability of a Korean diet to an Australian overweight and obese population
2. which Korean recipes are easily prepared
3. the effect of a Korean diet on weight, blood pressure, and metabolic complications of obesity in this population.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Provision of 2 Korean meals per day 6 days per week

At each participant's baseline visit, participant's will have an individualised lifestyle session addressing dietary and exercise goals and techniques to achieve weight loss. Participants in the Korean diet group will pick up lunch and evening meals Monday-Friday. Raw ingredients and cooking instructions will also be provided on friday for saturday meal preparation. Ongoing lifestyle sessions will be performed weekly for participants.

BEHAVIORAL

Western Diet

At each participant's baseline visit, participant's will have an individualised lifestyle session addressing dietary and exercise goals and techniques to achieve weight loss. Participants in the Western diet group will be provided with a Western recipe cookbook and food vouchers (weekly) to purchase the necessary ingredients for the Western meal preparation. Ongoing lifestyle sessions will be performed weekly for participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inje University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation, Seoul, Korea

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Korea

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • University of Sydney

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ian D Caterson, AM, MBBS, BSc(Med), PhD, FRACP · University of Sydney

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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