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Tree Nut Consumption to Reduce Abdominal Adiposity

NCT03969264 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2023-12-05

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Summary

A major contributing factor to the rising waist circumference of U.S. young adults is the increase in snacking behavior. Both the frequency of snacking during the day and the percentage of adults who engage in snacking has risen; national data indicates snacking comprises 15-25% of the total daily caloric intake of young and middle-aged adults. The overarching hypothesis, based on significant preliminary data, is that the quantity and metabolic function of abdominal fat is a key intermediary factor by which greater tree nut consumption reduces ectopic lipid storage (including the accumulation of intra-abdominal \[visceral\] fat), improves fatty acid and lipoprotein metabolism, reduces systemic inflammation and insulin resistance, and thus, reduces risk for MetS in millennial-generation age individuals.

Conditions

  • Millenials
  • Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

High Carbohydrate or Tree Nut Food Snacks

Snack consumption

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Tree Nut Council Research and Education Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heidi Silver, PhD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
36 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-15
Primary Completion
2023-06-30
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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