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Walnut Ingestion in Adults at Risk for Diabetes: Effects on Body Composition, Diet Quality, and Cardiac Risk Measures

NCT02330848 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2020-03-26

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Summary

Proposed is a randomized, controlled, modified Latin square parallel design study with two treatment arms to examine walnut consumption effects on diet quality, body composition, and markers of cardiovascular risk in adults at risk for diabetes over a 6-month period. A modified crossover design (Latin square)27-29 will allow for both paired and unpaired analyses.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Walnut Ad libitum diet

Participants will be provided 392 grams of walnuts per week (56g or 2 oz/day) to include in their diet. Their calorie intake will not be subsequently monitored or regulated, and thus will be allowed to float ad libitum

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Walnut Calorie controlled

The intervention group participants will meet with a registered dietitian and receive instructions and recipes for inclusion of 392 grams of walnuts per week (56g or 2 oz/day) in their meal plan for 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Griffin Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David L. Katz, MD, MPH · Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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