Metabolic Responses After 12-week Hypocaloric Diet Supplemented With a Cereal-based Plant Protein Biscuit

Harokopio University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appetite

Treatments: Other: wheat biscuit enriched with plant proteins; Other: common wheat biscuit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05213559

26.14-2-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Biscuits enjoy high popularity in the human diet and can be excellent snack alternatives and potential carriers of ingredients with appetite regulating properties. In the present study, the effects of a wheat biscuit enriched with plant proteins originated from legumes and seeds on gastrointestinal hormone responses of women with overweight/obesity after a hypocaloric dietary intervention will be examined.

Full description

Women with overweight/obesity will follow a 12-week dietary intervention supplemented with a cereal-based biscuit enriched with plant proteins or a common isocaloric wheat biscuit as a daily snack.

At the beginning and at the end of the dietary intervention postprandial metabolic responses, body weight reduction and subjective appetite ratings will be examined.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• non-diabetic women with overweight/obesity
• constant body weight for the last three months before enrollment
• standard dietary and physical activity habits

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• lactation
• chronic medical illness
• use of nutritional supplements
• alcohol consumption >2 drinks per day

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

wheat-based biscuit enriched with plant proteins

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects follow a hypocaloric dietary intervention supplemented with certain amount of wheat-based biscuits enriched with plant proteins daily.

Treatment:

Other: wheat biscuit enriched with plant proteins

wheat biscuit

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects follow a hypocaloric dietary intervention supplemented with certain isocaloric amount of common wheat biscuits daily.

Treatment:

Other: common wheat biscuit