NCT01066806

Adequate Dairy Intake on Weight Change in Girls

Efficacy of Optimal Levels of Dietary Dairy on Modulation of Adolescent Weight

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 274 (actual)
• Sponsor: Creighton University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 13 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

SPECIFIC AIM The aim of this study is to determine if increasing calcium intake to recommended levels with dairy foods in adolescent females with habitually low calcium intake and above-the-median body mass index (BMI) for sex and age will decrease body fat gain compared to similar females who continue their low calcium intake. . HYPOTHESIS Post-menarcheal adolescent girls with habitually low calcium intake who consume dairy foods providing at least 1200 mg of calcium per day will have a smaller increase in percent body fat, as measured by dual energy absorptiometry, during one year than post-menarcheal adolescent girls on a usual diet of 600 mg of calcium per day or less.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	counseling on increasing calcium intake	The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents ingest at least four servings of dairy food and at least 1300 mg calcium per day.
OTHER	observation	observe normal dairy intake

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2010-02-10
• Last updated: 2016-09-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States