Status:
COMPLETED
Glycemic Load, Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sydney
Collaborating Sponsors:
Meat & Livestock Australia
National Heart Foundation, Australia
Conditions:
Overweight
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
To investigate the hypothesis that reducing the glycemic load of the diet will improve changes in body composition and cardio-vascular risk factors. The study compares a conventional reduced-fat, high...
Detailed Description
Conventional low fat diets produce modest wegiht loss at best and the results are not well maintained. More recently there has been interest in low glycemic index and high protien diets wiht some evid...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18-40 years of age BMI \>=25 stable weight for 3 months non-vegetarian good understanding of English
Exclusion
- medications other than the contraceptive pill weight \>150kg (weight limit of DEXA machine) vegetarian (diets included red meat) specific diets diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance pregnancy
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
October 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00254215
Start Date
March 1 2002
End Date
October 1 2004
Last Update
November 28 2006
Active Locations (1)
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1
University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2006