Clinical trials: Diet Modification
Weight Loss, Weight, Body
Sleep Goal-focused Online Access to Lifestyle Support
The overall goal of the study is to develop a novel weight loss intervention for postpartum people by providing strategies to improve sleep, diet, and physical activity behaviors.
- Trial name
- SGOALS (NCT05942326)
- Testing
- Sleep GOALS, Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hyperinsulinemia, Insulin Resistance
EMPOWIR:Enhance the Metabolic Profile of Women With Insulin Resistance
The goal of the study is to identify and treat women with midlife weight gain who have normal blood sugars, but increased insulin levels (hyperinsulinemia) following the performance of a glucose tolerance test.
- Conditions
- Hyperinsulinemia, Insulin Resistance, Obesity
- Trial name
- EMPOWIR (NCT00618072)
- Testing
- metformin and rosiglitazone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Medical College
Obesity, Poor Glycemic Control
The Consumption of Beef on Appetite and Cognitive Function
The purpose of the main study is to determine whether the daily consumption of protein-rich meals containing high quality, lean beef products improves appetite control and cognitive function during a weight maintenance diet.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Poor Glycemic Control, Dietary Interventions
- Trial name
- NCT02614729
- Testing
- Standard Protein-Plant, Even Distribution (SP-PLANT-EVEN), Standard Protein-Beef, Even Distribution (SP-BEEF-EVEN), High Protein-Beef, Even Distribution (HP-BEEF-EVEN)
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Obesity
Evaluation of Pulse Fibre Supplementation on Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
The recent dramatic increase in obesity has been linked to a reduction of dietary fibre intake. We hypothesized that supplementing the diet of overweight and obesity adults with pulse fibre will improve their metabolic status…
- Trial name
- NCT01719900
- Testing
- Pulse fibre, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Obesity
Protein and Resistance Exercise to Stop Sarcopenic Obesity Now
The purpose of this study is to examine the separate and combined effects of a high-protein (HP) diet and resistance training (RT) on body composition and potential biological moderators of body weight in women and men >50y.
- Trial name
- PRESS ON (NCT04014296)
- Testing
- High Protein Diet Counseling, Resistance Training Counseling, Intensify Initial Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Osteoporosis, Obesity
Breastfeeding and Exercise for Healthy Infants and Postpartum Moms Too!
Approximately 8 million American women suffer from osteoporosis, and one out of every two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporotic-related fracture in their lifetime (42).
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- BEHIP (NCT00966381)
- Testing
- Exercise and weight loss intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Diet Quality
Nutricity: An mHealth Nutrition Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Latino Children
The overall objective of this application is to pilot test an mHealth nutrition intervention within pediatric clinics serving Latino families and evaluate its potential for implementation.
- Trial name
- NCT06266468
- Testing
- Nutricity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity
Effect of Weight Loss on Myocardial Metabolism and Cardiac Relaxation in Obese Adults
Obesity adversely affects myocardial (muscular heart tissue) metabolism, efficiency, and diastolic function. The objective of this study was to determine if weight loss could improve obesity-related myocardial metabolism and…
- Trial name
- NCT00572624
- Testing
- Diet, Gastric bypass surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes
Lifestyle Intervention for Pakistani Women in Oslo
Immigrants from South Asia in Norway have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and conditions related to the metabolic syndrome. It has been documented that these conditions may be prevented by changes in lifestyle.
- Trial name
- InnvaDiab (NCT00425269)
- Testing
- lifestyle intervention (diet and physical activity)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Obesity, Weight Loss
Phone Coaching for Weight Loss Maintenance
The purpose of this study was to examine whether 4 consecutive weeks of phone coaching aids in recovery from weight regain during weight loss maintenance.
- Trial name
- NCT04293055
- Testing
- Maintenance program, Phone coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Iron Status, Fatty Acid Status
Modification in Complementary Food Composition to Improve the Status of Iron and Fatty Acids in Infants.
The objective of this study is to determine the influence of an increase of meat in complementary food on iron status and the effect of an exchange of vegetable oil in the same food on the status of omega-3 fatty acids in infants…
- Trial name
- DINO (NCT00571948)
- Testing
- more meat and a vegetable oil rich in omega-3 fatty acids, Babyfood with usual meat content and corn oil
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund
Phenylketonuria
Nutritional and Neurotransmitter Changes in PKU Subjects on BH4
HYPOTHESIS: The investigators hypothesize that KuvanTM therapy could influence nutritional and body composition parameters and neurotransmitter concentrations in pediatric and adult PKU subjects.
- Trial name
- BH4&PKU (NCT00688844)
- Testing
- KuvanTM Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Obesity
Phone Coaching and Internet-delivered Weight Loss
The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding phone coaching to an Internet-based weight loss program can improve weight loss outcomes at 4 months and 1 year.
- Trial name
- NCT03867981
- Testing
- Internet-based weight loss program, Brief phone coaching, Extended phone coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 452 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Diet Modification
A Home-based Intervention to Improve the Diet Quality of Preschoolers
U.S. children eat too little fruits and vegetables and whole grains, and too many energy dense foods, dietary behaviors associated with increased morbidity from cardiovascular diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT03923491
- Testing
- Healthy Feeding, Healthy Eating, Reading Readiness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rhode Island
Weight Loss, Diet Modification
Helping Moms to be Healthy After Baby
Low-income and minority women are at increased risk for postpartum weight retention (i.e. retaining weight after pregnancy) and consequent persistent obesity.
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Diet Modification, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03257657
- Testing
- Observation Group participants, Lifestyle group participants
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity, Colorectal Carcinoma
Legume Diet Satiety Pilot Study
This pilot study is designed to test the effects of a high legume (dried bean) diet on hunger and other indicators of health over the course of eight weeks, compared to a more conventional healthy diet.
- Trial name
- NCT02269631
- Testing
- Legume diet group, Control diet group, Smartpill
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Physical Activity, Diet Modification
Dietary Carbohydrate Manipulation and Energy Balance: RCT
This study will investigate how dietary sugar and carbohydrates influence metabolism and health across a 12-week period, with a focus on physical activity.
- Trial name
- NCT03574987
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Overweight, Obesity
Evaluation of the Remote Intervention for Diet and Exercise (RIDE)
A large proportion of the adult population in the United States qualifies for weight loss treatment based on the NIH treatment recommendations, but traditional clinic-based weight loss treatments have a number of limitations.
- Trial name
- RIDE (NCT00883350)
- Testing
- RIDE e-health application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Alteration of Cognitive Function, Dietary Modification
Cognitive Health Promotion Project in the Community
This study was based on baseline data derived from a large prospective study called the Suwon Project (SP), a cohort comprising random clustering samples of elderly people, all of whom are ethnic Koreans aged over 60 years.
- Trial name
- NCT01012947
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling Usual Care, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Bimonth, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Month
- Volunteers
- 1,115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Cancer, Heart Disease
Cancer Dietary Objectives Study
We hypothesize that adding beneficial high fiber foods to the diet will result in better overall dietary quality (measured by the Alternate Healthy Eating Index), which has been shown to be associated with cancer, than either…
- Trial name
- CanDo (NCT00561977)
- Testing
- High Fiber Diet, low saturated fat diet, Combination diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester