A Physical Activity and Diet Program to Prevent Accumulation of Abdominal Fat Mass in Recently Retired Men and Women

Wageningen University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Retirement; Weight Gain

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavior change on physical activity and diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00122213

2000T205

Details and patient eligibility

About

Advancing age in itself is associated with changes in body composition. However, during transitional life stages, such as retirement, detrimental changes on diet and physical activity may occur. This might lead to weight gain and accumulation of abdominal fat.

To prevent these changes, participants receive a low-intensity intervention on energy balance and related behaviours.

After six months, one and two years, the effects will be studied by comparing the intervention group with the control group.

Sex: All

Ages: 55 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Apparently healthy and recently retired

Exclusion criteria

• Using drugs that might influence body composition, digestion or physical activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)