Holiday Season Weight Change During Islamic Holidays

Completed

• Conditions: Body Weight Changes
• Interventions: Behavioral: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT06004193
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The study involved 30 regular exercisers and 33 non-exercisers. Food records were collected five times: before the holiday season, before Ramadan, during Ramadan, during Ramadan Feast, and after Ramadan Feast, including the Eid al-Adha period. Anthropometric measurements were taken before and after holidays: initially before Ramadan and again after Eid al-Adha. Physical activity was recorded for both groups: once before Ramadan for non-exercisers and twice (on exercise and rest days) for exercisers.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine the changes in nutrient consumption during the holiday season and to assess the changes in body weight, body composition, and blood pressure of exercising and non-exercising individuals at the end of this season. In the United States of America, the holiday season is the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. In Turkey, the holiday season is defined as the period between the Feast of Ramadan and the Feast of Sacrifice. A total of 30 individuals who regularly exercise and 33 who do not exercise participated in the study. In this study, 3-day food consumption records were taken from the participants five times; before the holiday season, before Ramadan, during Ramadan, during Ramadan Feast, after Ramadan Feast, and during the Eid al-Adha period. The anthropometric measurements of the participants were measured before and after the holidays. The first measurement was taken before Ramadan, and the second was taken after Eid al-Adha. Physical activity was recorded in the pre-Ramadan period, once for non-exercising participants, and twice for exercising participants, on exercise and rest days.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-15
• Study Completion: 2017-03-15
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 63

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 20 to 45 years
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5-40.0kg/m2
• Observing the Islamic holiday season.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Chronic metabolic diseases including type 1 or type 2 diabetes, any type of cancer, cardiovascular diseases
• 5kg of weight gain or loss in the last 3 months
• Planning to lose weight or following a specific diet
• Exercising >300min/week
• Medication use that might affect body weight or composition

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Regular Exercisers	Exercise	The group of regular exercisers includes individuals who engage in at least 150 minutes of exercise per week according to World Health Organization criteria.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body weight	4 months	Body weight measurements
Body fat percentage	4 months	Body fat percentage measured with bioelectrical impedance analysis
Dietary intake	4 months	24-hour dietary recall questionnaires were administered by researchers.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University Nutrition and Dietetics Department; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey