Framingham State Food Study

Summary

This study will evaluate the effects of dietary composition on energy expenditure and chronic disease risk factors, while also exploring physiological mechanisms underlying these effects.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Feeding study

Food provision throughout the study to all 3 dietary arms, with the following phases: 1) Weight loss; 2) Weight maintenance; 3) Ad libitum

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Framingham State University

  collaborator OTHER

• Baylor College of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Nutrition Science Initiative

  collaborator OTHER

• New Balance Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Many Voices Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Blue Cross Blue Shield

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston Children's Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Gloria Klein, MS, RD · Boston Children's Hospital

• Cara B Ebbeling, PhD · Boston Children's Hospital

• David S Ludwig, MD, PhD · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-08-17

Primary Completion

2017-05-31

Completion

2017-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations