The Effect of White Sweet Potato Meal Replacement on Weight Control of the Obesity
- Conditions
- Overweight
- Registration Number
- NCT02935179
- Lead Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to use white-skinned sweet potato as the main material for weight control for overweight and obesity, the non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes) are also included. All high quality sweet potato are provided by CAES in Taiwan to produce special nutrient food and health food that to do functional study in Shih Chien University and Taipei Medical University. In this study, the investigators will recruit overweight and obesity subjects that divide into white sweet potato group (experimental group) and no intervention group (control group) by using randomized, parallel and open clinical study in sixty days.
- Detailed Description
All subjects will be evaluated the body weight and clinical nutrition assessment such as postural measurement, urine test and blood biomarker examination.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- 24≦ BMI≦30
- Pregnant and lactating women
- Patients within six months after surgery
- Mental illness or depression
- Suffering from cancer, ulcers, acute respiratory infections, dialysis, acute hepatitis and other diseases
- Those who have taken "additional nutritional supplements" habit
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Weight After Intervention 60 days Body weight change after 60 days intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Fat After Intervention 60 days Body fat change after 60 days intervention