Effect of Fish Oil on Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight Adolescent Boys (TeenFisk)

University of Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Dietary oils (fish, vegetable oil)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00929552

H-A-2007-0055

D202

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate if dietary fish oil has a beneficial effect on blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, blood lipid profile, body composition and metabolic rate in healthy, but slightly overweight, teenage boys.

We hypothesized that the n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish oil might have greater effect during growth and development, as intervention trials studying the effect of fish oil on babies have shown greater effects than in adults.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Weight above the 90th percentile for height and age.

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking, severe illnesses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Fish oil

Experimental group

Description:

Daily dose = 6g fish oil baked into rye bread and wheat rolls. Participants were asked to consume two slices of rye bread and one wheat roll pr day. The fish oil was micro-incapsulated.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Dietary oils (fish, vegetable oil)

Vegetable oil (Mix of canola, palm and soy oil)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Daily dose = 6g vegetable oil baked into rye bread and wheat rolls. Participants were asked to consume two slices of rye bread and one wheat roll pr day.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Dietary oils (fish, vegetable oil)