Effect of a Protein Intake on Weight Loss of Overweight/Obese Adults

Summary

Obesity is considered the epidemic of the 21st century. Obesity is a multifactorial disease and the most important risk factors are poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. An excessive body weight contributes to increase the risk of suffering from other diseases and mortality rates. Therefore, the prevention and control of excessive body weight as well as its comorbidities are essential. In this sense, the principal strategy to treat obesity is to improve dietary habits and increase physical activity. However, the rate of obesity continues rising. In order to deal with this problem, new strategies to combat obesity are being investigated, such as the investigation of new bioactive compounds with satiating capacity that can be included in healthy dietary patterns to improve adherence to dietary treatments.

Considering this background, the main objective of this research is to assess the effect of daily consumption of protein rich bars accompanied by healthy dietary recommendations on weight loss of overweight/obese adult men and women.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Weight Loss
• Protein

Interventions

OTHER

Dietary recommendations including protein enriched bars

Volunteers allocated in the experimental group will receive dietary recommendations and 2 protein enriched bars per day to be eaten 45 minutes before lunch and dinner.

OTHER

Dietary recommendations without protein enriched bars

Volunteers allocated in the experimental group will receive dietary recommendations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• María Ángeles Zulet, Professor · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

• Carlos J González Navarro, PhD · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

• Fermín I Milagro Yoldi, PhD · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

• Idoia Ibero Baraibar, PhD · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

• Itziar Abete Goñi, PhD · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

• Miguel López Yoldi, PhD · Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra.

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-01-13

Primary Completion

2022-06-24

Completion

2022-08-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations