Optimal Dietary Treatment of Obese Adults

Summary

Recent decades have shown an alarming increase in obesity. Obesity is associated with high costs for both the individual and for society. It is therefore important to prevent and treat obesity. The investigators believe that if you add a self-help weightloss book and teach cooking skills to a standard dietary treatment, then it will result in greater weight loss than with dietary treatment alone. However, this has not yet been studied. Since it will require more resources, it is important to investigate whether it also works better before changing the current treatment.

Hypothesis: Conventional dietary treatment supplemented with a self-help weightloss book and cooking classes are more effective than dietary treatment alone in changes in body weight and body composition in obese persons over a period of 12 months. There is no difference if the intervention are based on the national dietary guidelines or a relative low-gi and high-protein diet.

Secondary to investigate the impact the interventions have; on diet quality and quantity, on markers of metabolic syndrome and on how many subjects complete the study.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard dietary treatment (STD)

This group will receive 6 one-on-one sessions with a registered dietitian. Total time spent is 6½ hour. Dietary treatment is based national guidelines and counseling is individualized and tailored to the patient's needs and goals.

BEHAVIORAL

"Ned i vaegt" (NIV)

This group will receive 3 individual sessions and 3 group sessions. All sessions are with a registered dietitian. Total time spent is 15½ hour. The group sessions consist of 1 hour theory and 2½ hour cooking skills. The whole intervention is based on a danish self-help weightloss book which is based on the national dietary guidelines. Focus is to learn to make "normal" danish dishes in a more healthy way both ingredients, cooking, composition and quantity. They also learn about changing habits, making realistic goals and using their motivation.

BEHAVIORAL

"Verdens bedste kur" (VBK)

This group will receive 3 individual sessions and 3 group sessions. All sessions are with a registered dietitian. Total time spent is 15½ hour. The group sessions consist of 1 hour theory and 2½ hour cooking skills. The whole intervention is based on a danish self-help weightloss book which is based on "new nordic diet" and are a relative low-GI and high-protein diet. Focus is to learn to make new healthy dishes both ingredients, cooking and composition. They also learn about making realistic goals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospitalsenheden Vest

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Allan S Christensen, MHSc · Department of Nutrition, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark

• Lone Viggers, MSc · Department of Nutrition, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-10-31

Primary Completion

2016-10-31

Completion

2016-10-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations