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Effects of Ultra Processed Food on Intestinal Energy Harvest

NCT06853288 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-10-03

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Summary

Ultra processed food is everywhere in modern society and may contain multiple ingredients that affect the way participants' bodies store energy. Some studies have shown that eating a diet high in ultra processed foods leads to weight gain, but these foods have not been studied enough to understand why. Recently, the gut microbiome has become a potential way to measure energy balance in the human body; this is done by measuring how many calories are in the stool. The investigators propose to test a very high ultra-processed food diet where 80% of calories are coming from ultra processed food and a low ultra processed food diet where 20% of the calories are coming from ultra processed food. This study will compare stool sample energy content of the two diets.

Conditions

  • Obesity and Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Diet containing 80% ultra processed foods

Very high ultra-processed food diet where 80% of calories are coming from ultra processed food

BEHAVIORAL

Diet containing 20% ultra processed foods

Low ultra processed food diet where 20% of the calories are coming from ultra processed food

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Faris M Zuraikat, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-30
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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