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Effect of Low Carbohydrate Versus Low Fat Diet in the Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Obese Children With Metabolic Syndrome

NCT03937960 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2022-12-22

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Summary

Two-arm, parallel design with children between the ages of 10 - 18 with obesity and metabolic syndrome randomized (15 per group) to reduced-carbohydrate diet or a reduced-fat diet for 8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Obesity
  • Dyslipidemias

Interventions

OTHER

Carbohydrate restricted group

Prescribed low carbohydrate diet with set recipes

OTHER

Standard low fat diet

Diet with less than 20% total calorie intake from dietary fats

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bhuvana Sunil, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-02-28
Completion
2021-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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