NCT01034046

Weight Loss and Abdominal Fat Responses to Different Diet Compositions

Weight Loss and Visceral Fat Responses to Different Diet Compositions

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of two different reduced calorie diets that have different combinations of carbohydrate, fat, and protein content in 2 groups of study participants: insulin sensitive participants and insulin resistant participants. The hypothesis of the study is that people with high and low levels of insulin resistance may respond differently to different diet compositions in a real-world environment using meals that are commonly available.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Insulin Resistance
• Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Low Carbohydrate Diet	Low carbohydrate diet (45% carbohydrate, 35% fat and 20% protein diet) administered utilizing meal replacements.
OTHER	Low Fat Diet	Low fat diet (60% carbohydrate, 20% fat and 20% protein diet) administered utilizing meal replacements.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2009-12-17
• Last updated: 2010-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States