Effects of Legumes Consumption on Weight Reduction

Yonsei University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obese

Treatments: Behavioral: Legume enriched diet group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04392882

Legumes_Weight Reduction

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a 12-week, randomized nutritional intervention study to determine the effect of legumes consumption on body weight in obese subjects.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male and female volunteers between the ages of 20 to 70 years
2. Body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or higher (based on Asia-Pacific guideline)
3. Volunteers who have agreed to participate in the study and provided a written content by him/herself

Exclusion criteria

1. Those with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric problems, thyroid disorders, liver or kidney disease
2. Those under the use of any medications (antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, antiplatelet, antidiabetic, etc.).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Legume enriched diet group

Experimental group

Description:

* Replacing 1/3 refined rice intake with legumes three times per day * Vegetable intake at least six units (30-70 g/unit) per day for sufficient dietary fiber intake * Regular 30-min walk after dinner each day

Treatment:

Behavioral: Legume enriched diet group

Usual diet group

No Intervention group

Description:

* Maintaining usual diet * Vegetable intake at least six units (30-70 g/unit) per day for sufficient dietary fiber intake * Regular 30-min walk after dinner each day