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Physiological Response to Protein and Energy-enhanced Food Products During Winter Military Training

NCT05210205 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2022-05-26

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Summary

Soldiers commonly lose muscle mass during training and combat operations that produce large energy deficits (i.e., calories burned \> calories consumed). Developing new combat ration products that increase energy intake (i.e., energy dense foods) or the amount and quality of protein consumed (i.e., essential amino acid \[EAA\] content) may prevent muscle breakdown and stimulate muscle repair and muscle maintenance during unavoidable energy deficit. The primary objective of this study is to determine the effects of prototype recovery food products that are energy dense or that provide increased amounts of EAAs (anabolic component of dietary protein) on energy balance, whole-body net protein balance, and indices of physiological status during strenuous winter military training.

Conditions

  • Military Operational Stress Reaction
  • Malnutrition (Calorie)
  • Weight Loss
  • Muscle Wasting

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

EAA

EAA-enhanced protein snack bars

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Energy Dense

Energy dense snack bars (same calories in a smaller volume of food)

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control

Low energy dense snack bars (same calories in a greater volume of food)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian Defense Research Establishment

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Arkansas

    collaborator OTHER

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Emily E Howard, PhD · United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-13
Primary Completion
2022-03-26
Completion
2022-03-26

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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