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Effectiveness of Four Popular Diet Strategies for Weight Loss and Cardiac Risk Reduction

NCT02454127 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2016-10-31

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Summary

A single-center randomized trial at an academic medical center in Boston, Mass, of overweight or obese adults with known hypertension, dyslipidemia, or fasting hyperglycemia. Participants were enrolled starting July 18, 2000, and randomized to 4 popular diet groups until January 24, 2002.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Atkins Diet

Dietary counseling for 1 year

BEHAVIORAL

Zone Diet

Dietary counseling for 1 year

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Watchers Diet

Dietary counseling for 1 year

BEHAVIORAL

Ornish Diet

Dietary counseling for 1 year

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tufts Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael L Dansinger, MD · Tufts Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-07-31
Primary Completion
2003-01-31
Completion
2004-01-31

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