Caloric Restriction and Body Weight in Adults

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Dietary calcium

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00808275

010590

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of

1. dietary calcium in fecal fat loss and the association between lactose maldigestion, dietary calcium level and source, and weight loss induced by caloric restriction.
2. caloric restriction on biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 -65 years old
• Healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Body weight more than 300 lbs (body composition measurement instrument limit) diabetes
• Heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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79 participants in 2 patient groups

Dairy calcium

Experimental group

Description:

Diet with dairy calcium sources

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Dietary calcium

Non-dairy calcium

Experimental group

Description:

Diet with non-dairy calcium sources

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Dietary calcium