Project Healthy Eating in Children. A Study on the Health Effects of Fish Intake in Overweight Children

University of Bergen

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Salmon Group; Other: Cod Group; Other: Meat Group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02025933

2013/541

Details and patient eligibility

About

It has previously been seen that increased fish intake improves the metabolic health of overweight and obese adults, and animal protein improved metabolic health of obese rats. In this project the investigators will investigate whether increased intake of fish or meat improve metabolic health in children aged 9-12 years as well when replacing processed food. The hypothesis is that increased intake of unprocessed fish or meat will improve metabolic health in children as measured by glucose tolerance, lipid metabolism and inflammatory markers.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• overweight (iso-BMI > 25)
• 9-12 years
• healthy

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed diseases such as diabetes, CVD, intestinal diseases, arthritis
• prescription medications affecting the metabolism of glucose, lipids or the immune system
• use of supplements containing long chain n-3 fatty acids
• high intake of fish
• food allergy

Trial design

25 participants in 3 patient groups

Salmon Group

Description:

Participants will eat 75 - 150 grams of salmon for dinner, three times a week for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Salmon Group

Cod Group

Description:

Participants will eat 75-150 grams of cod for dinner, three times a week for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Cod Group

Meat Group

Description:

Participants will eat 75-150 grams of mixed meat for dinner, three times a week for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Meat Group