MedTrace Logo

STUDY: Effects of Potatoes in a Weight Loss Program

NCT01186393 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2015-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether diets that contain potatoes and differ in glycemic index/load will be useful in weight loss, blood sugar control and maintaining current body weight.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Dietary manipulation in the free-living setting to include potatoes/potato products frequently in the diet (5-7 days / week). The control diet will be prescribed for weight maintenance.

BEHAVIORAL

Low Glycemic Index

Diets will be energy-restricted (\~ 500 kcal deficit /d) for weight loss, will include consumption of 5-7 potatoes/week, and will focus on Low Glycemic Index foods.

BEHAVIORAL

High Glycemic Index

Diets will be energy-restricted (\~ 500 kcal deficit /d) for weight loss, will include consumption of 5-7 potatoes/week, and will focus on Low Glycemic Index foods.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Britt Burton-Freeman, Ph.D · University of California, Davis

  • C. Tissa Kappagoda, MD · University of California, Davis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01186393 on ClinicalTrials.gov