Effect of High Caloric Intake at Lunch Against Dinner on Weight Loss

Summary

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of consuming higher caloric intake at lunch in contrast to dinner on weight loss of obese and overweight female adults when they are in a multidisciplinary weight loss plan .

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lunch as main meal(LM)+ Diet

Subjects are asked to have high caloric intake at lunch and low caloric intake at dinner, while they are on a multidisciplinary weight loss plan for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Dinner as main meal(DM)+ Diet

Subjects are asked to have high caloric intake at dinner and low caloric intake at lunch, while they are on a multidisciplinary weight loss plan for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nottingham

  collaborator OTHER

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Novindiet Clinic

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hamid R Farshchi, MD, PhD · NovinDiet Clinic, School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

• Ameneh Madjd, Dr. · NovinDiet Clinic, School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

• Ian A Macdonald, Prof. · School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

• Moira A Taylor, PhD · School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

• Reza Malekzadeh, Prof. · Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

• Alireza Delavari, MD · Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-02-28

Primary Completion

2015-06-30

Completion

2015-08-31

Countries

• Iran

Study Locations