Optimal Dietary Treatment of Obese Adults
Recent decades have shown an alarming increase in obesity. Obesity is associated with high
costs for both the individual and for society. It is therefore important to prevent and
treat obesity. We believe that if you add a self-help weightloss book and teach cooking
skills to a standard dietary treatment, then it will result in greater weight loss than with
dietary treatment alone. However, this has not yet been studied. Since it will require more
resources, it is important to investigate whether it also works better before changing the
current treatment.
Hypothesis: Conventional dietary treatment supplemented with a self-help weightloss book and
cooking classes are more effective than dietary treatment alone in changes in body weight
and body composition in obese persons over a period of 12 months. There is no difference if
the intervention are based on the national dietary guidelines or a relative low-gi and
high-protein diet.
Secondary we want to investigate the impact the interventions have; on diet quality and
quantity, on markers of metabolic syndrome and on how many subjects complete the study.
Clinical Trial Conditions: Obesity, Overweight
Treatments in this Clinical Trial : Standard dietary treatment (STD), "Ned i vaegt" (NIV), "Verdens bedste kur" (VBK)
Eligible Clinical Trial Participant Age : Between 18 years to 65 years
Can Healthy Volunteers Participate: No
Clinical Trial Lead Sponsor: Hospitalsenheden Vest
Detailed Clinical Trial Description: Recent decades have shown an alarming increase in obesity. Obesity is associated with high
costs for both the individual and for society. It is therefore important to prevent and
treat obesity. We believe that if you add a self-help weightloss book and teach cooking
skills to a standard dietary treatment, then it will result in greater weight loss than with
dietary treatment alone. However, this has not yet been studied. Since it will require more
resources, it is important to investigate whether it also works better before changing the
current treatment.
Hypothesis: Conventional dietary treatment supplemented with a self-help weightloss book and
cooking classes are more effective than dietary treatment alone in changes in body weight
and body composition in obese persons over a period of 12 months. There is no difference if
the intervention are based on the national dietary guidelines or a relative low-gi and
high-protein diet.
Secondary we want to investigate the impact the interventions have; on diet quality and
quantity, on markers of metabolic syndrome and on how many subjects complete the study.
The clinical trial information was obtained from http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01685957
