NCT00869531

Effect of Wholegrain Wheat on Body Weight and Composition and Cardiovascular Risk

Healthgrain WP 4.4.3: Effects of Whole Grain on Weight Maintenance/Weight Reduction in Overweight Subjects

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 85 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Copenhagen · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the potential beneficial effect of wholegrain on body weight and composition as well as cardiovascular risk in overweight women.

Detailed description

Objective: To study the effect of the 'wholegrain concept', i.e. high intake of wheat wholegrain (WW) vs. refined wheat (RW) grain products on body weight and composition. Design: In this open-labeled randomized trial, 72 postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome features were prescribed a mild calorie-restricted diet with a deficit of \~1,250kJ/d. Following 2 weeks run-in period on RW products, they were randomized to 12 weeks intervention with RW or WW products providing 2,000kJ/d.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	wholegrain	wholegrain wheat vs. refined wheat products
OTHER	refined wheat	refined wheat products

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-02-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2009-03-26
• Last updated: 2009-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark