Preventing Obesity Using Novel Dietary Strategies
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Official title
Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (Pounds Lost)
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness for weight loss and weight maintenance of four diets differing in macronutrient composition: moderate in fat (40 percent energy) with two different protein levels (15 percent and 25 percent), and low in fat (20 percent energy), also with 15 percent and 25 percent protein levels. The study is only accepting participants in the Boston, Massachusetts or Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. For further enrollment information in Boston or Baton Rouge, see Eligibility Criteria or Design Narrative.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00072995
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 811 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Four Diets Differing in Macronutrient Composition Behavioral
- Diets Low in Saturated Fat Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 30 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2003
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2007
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2007
- Last update posted
- Jan 29, 2013
2003 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington Biomedical Reseach Center, Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 70808 | — |
| Harvard University School of Public Health | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
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