Caloric Restriction and Body Weight in Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overweight
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Dietary calcium

• Registration Number: NCT00808275
• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of

1. dietary calcium in fecal fat loss and the association between lactose maldigestion, dietary calcium level and source, and weight loss induced by caloric restriction.

2. caloric restriction on biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-09
• Primary Completion: 2006-09
• Study Completion: 2007-10
• Study First Submitted: 2008-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-12-12
• Study First Posted: 2008-12-15
• Status Verified: 2011-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2011-12-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 79

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 -65 years old
• Healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• Body weight more than 300 lbs (body composition measurement instrument limit) diabetes
• Heart disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dairy calcium	Dietary calcium	Diet with dairy calcium sources
Non-dairy calcium	Dietary calcium	Diet with non-dairy calcium sources

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fat in stool as a percentage of fat intake	3 months of diet

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight change	3 months of diet