Clinical trials: Energy Balance
Obesity
Integrating Quantitative Energetics Determines the Microbiome's Contribution to Energy Balance
We propose to study the role of the gut microbiome in the development of obesity, and whether we can change the microbiome's contribution to host energy balance through diet.
- Trial name
- NCT02939703
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Gestational Weight Gain, Overweight and Obesity
Healthy Mom Zone Gestational Weight Gain Management Intervention 2.0
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if the enhanced HMZ 2.0 intervention with new control system/digital platform to regulate gestational weight gain (GWG) and impact maternal-infant outcomes while collecting implementation…
- Conditions
- Gestational Weight Gain, Overweight and Obesity, Pregnancy, Energy Balance
- Trial name
- HMZ Two (NCT05807594)
- Testing
- HMZ 2.0 Intervention, Attention Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Disorder
Increased Static Postural Sway After Energy Drink Consumption
Background \& Purpose: Energy drinks consumption continues to grow since its appearance in the United States in 1997. Available evidence indicates that caffeine, their main ingredient, can alter the central nervous system (CNS).
- Trial name
- NCT03315442
- Testing
- Caffeine versus Energy Drink
- Where
- Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Woman's University
Active Video Games and Appetite Control
Active Video Games and Appetite Control in Adolescents
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: Video games have enormous mass appeal, are omnipresent in the daily schedule of most children and youth and have been linked to the obesity epidemic.
- Trial name
- NCT01655901
- Testing
- Active video gaming, Passive video gaming, Resting
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Insulin Resistance
Meal Pattern and Metabolic Parameters
In this study investigators will compare the health effect of two different meal patterns. In one, participants will consume food according to an 'irregular meal pattern' (minimum 3 meals, maximum 9 meals per day) and in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02582606
- Testing
- Regular meal pattern, Irregular meal pattern
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Motor Activity, Body Weight
Effects of Aerobic Exercise Detraining
The proposed study seeks to better understand the role of body weight, energy expenditure, and energy intake as mechanisms of body weight gain during detraining following aerobic exercise.
- Conditions
- Motor Activity, Body Weight, Obesity
- Trial name
- E-Mechanic_Fol (NCT02158130)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Energy Balance, Blood Glucose
Exercise in the Fasted State, Glucose Metabolism and Energy Balance
The ability to control our blood glucose (sugar) concentrations after a meal is a strong predictor of the risk of disease. Our bodies respond to glucose ingestion by reducing the amount of glucose from the liver entering the…
- Trial name
- NCT02258399
- Testing
- Exercise, Breakfast
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Obesity, Childhood
Food Genetics Behavior Study
A genetic risk for obesity does not always translate to the development of obesity among children, which points to the presence of risk-modifying factors that likely relate to energy balance behaviors as key behavioral drivers.
- Trial name
- FOODIE (NCT05783765)
- Testing
- Heightened Drive to Eat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Healthy
Correlation of 6-Minute Walk Test and Neuromuscular Parameters in the Elderly
The six-minute walk test had been used to assessment the cardiopulmonary parameter in patients with lung and heart disease. And it has good reliability and validity.
- Trial name
- NCT00451737
- Testing
- Isokinetic test
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Healthy Volunteers
Effect of Ration Formulations on Warfighter Energy Balance and Physical Performance During a Field Training Exercise
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to determine the effects of consuming the Close Combat Assault Ration (CCAR) compared to the First Strike Ration (FSR) during a 7-day strenuous military training on energy intake and…
- Trial name
- NCT06261437
- Testing
- CCAR, FSR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Energy Balance,, Appetite,
Effect of Exercise With or Without Breakfast, on Metabolism, Appetite and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of eating breakfast in combination with exercise on fat usage, appetite and brain performance later in the day.
- Conditions
- Energy Balance,, Appetite,, Cognitive Function.
- Trial name
- NCT01229345
- Testing
- Breakfast & exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Metabolic Health, Appetitive Behavior
Breakfast, Exercise and Metabolic Health in Healthy Women
This project aims to investigate the impact of acute bout of submaximal exercise under different pre-exercise dietary conditions (fasted state versus high carbohydrate breakfast versus high protein breakfast) on postprandial…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Health, Appetitive Behavior, Energy Balance
- Trial name
- NCT05308381
- Testing
- Fasted exercise, High protein breakfast exercise, High carbohydrate breakfast exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Obesity
Comparison of 1 vs 3 Sets of Resistance Training on Muscular Hypertrophy
This study is designed to investigate the effects of two levels of resistance weight training on body composition, energy expenditure, and energy intake in men and women. The weight training will take about one hour to complete.
- Trial name
- NCT01107691
- Testing
- Amount of resistance offered in training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Obesity, Appetitive Behavior
Regulation of Energy Balance and Metabolism - Mechanisms Behind and Beyond Obesity and Weight Loss
The study aims to investigate homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms regulating appetite, energy balance and metabolism in obesity and the effects of three distinct obesity treatments on these regulatory mechanisms.
- Trial name
- BALANCE (NCT03550339)
- Testing
- SURG, DIET, HAES
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
Obesity
The Energy Balance Study
Very low carbohydrate diets and high-complex carbohydrate, low-fat diets are popular weight-loss methods in the United States. The purpose of the Energy Balance Study is to explore how extreme differences in diet affect eating…
- Trial name
- EBS (NCT01029483)
- Testing
- Low carbohydrate diet, High-carbohydrate ad libitum intervention, High carbohydrate diet-energy matched intervention
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Anorexia of Ageing
Impaired Regulation of Energy Balance in Elderly People (Balance Study)
Over the past century life expectancy has risen rapidly. As a result, the proportion of elderly people continues to grow. Elderly people probably have an impaired regulation of energy balance (energy intake versus energy…
- Trial name
- Balance (NCT00561145)
- Testing
- Energy restriction period
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Energy Intake, Substrate Utilization
Breakfast Consumption and Energy Balance in Active Adult Males
Exercising in the fasted state results in greater fat oxidation during exercise and results in decreased caloric intake in the meals after exercise. However, the studies that examine fasted vs.
- Conditions
- Energy Intake, Substrate Utilization, Hormones, Satiety
- Trial name
- NCT04862208
- Testing
- Maltodextrin supplement, Whey supplement, Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Obesity & Overweight, Healthy Adult
Vitis Intervention Trial in Substrate Metabolism
Obesity is associated with reduced metabolic flexibility (MetFlex), the capacity to shift between carbohydrate and lipid oxidation in response to nutrient availability.
- Trial name
- VITIS (NCT07800988)
- Testing
- Freeze-Dried Whole Grape Powder
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
Impacts of Intermittent Fasting on Energy Balance and Associated Health Outcomes
Obesity is a global concern with links to conditions such as diabetes. Historically, these conditions have been managed by reducing energy intake on a daily basis, which is often hampered by low adherence rates and compensatory…
- Trial name
- NCT02498002
- Testing
- Physical Activity Monitoring (Actiheart), Energy Intake Monitoring, Body Weight Monitoring
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Energy Metabolism, Energy Expenditure
Calorie Balance Monitoring and Analysis of Body Composition and Hydration Status
The investigators are developing two new medical instruments: 1. the Intelligent Sensor Belt (ISB), and 2. the Body Composition and Hydration Status Analyzer (BC-HS-A).
- Conditions
- Energy Metabolism, Energy Expenditure, Body Composition, Body Fluids
- Trial name
- PCMMS (NCT00823329)
- Testing
- cardiac stress testing with an exercise machine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ori Diagnostic Instruments LLC