Effects of Sucrose Added Blind to the Diet Over Eight Weeks on Body Mass and Weight in Men

University of Hull

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Sucrose

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04804397

PSY4272

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Sugar intake, especially in liquid, correlates with obesity. Yet, whether it is a special cause of obesity is less clear. Few experimental studies exist.

Aim: To replicate the investigators' previous 4 week experiments on women with men over 8 weeks to ascertain if: they gain weight given sucrose soft drinks; mood is affected; energy intake is affected.

Participants: 80 men BMI 25-35, aged 30-55. Procedure: After a week of baseline, over eight weeks single blind 40 men received soft drinks containing sucrose (1650 KJ, 97g carbohydrate per day), 40 received control drinks. A three-day food diary with mood ratings and activity levels was completed during baseline and weeks 1, 4 and 8 of the experiment. Body mass was recorded weekly with other anthropometric measures.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 30 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI 25-35

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes,
• other health problems,
• medication,
• dislike of soft drinks

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Sucrose

Experimental group

Description:

Sucrose: 1l sucrose sweetened soft drink per day for 8 weeks (1650 KJ, 97g carbohydrate per day) as 4 25cl drinks

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Sucrose

Aspartame

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Aspartame: 1l aspartame sweetened soft drink per day for 8 weeks as 4 25cl drinks

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Sucrose