Body compositional and endocrine-metabolic changes by long-term lifestyle intervention with health education, diet (Almased®), physical activity or a combination of diet and physical activity in obese persons
- Conditions
- DietoverweightE66.0Obesity due to excess calories
- Registration Number
- DRKS00000010
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 114
Eligible participants must have overweight with a BMI between 27,5 and 35 kg/m²
- The participants must be able to participate in a physical activity program
- The participants must be willing to participate in the program for 1 year
- Written informed consent must be given to accept randomization to either of the intervention groups
- Participants who do not meet all entry criteria
- BMI > 35,0 kg / m²
- Performance capacity < 75 w for 2 min
- Subjects younger than 35 yrs (with reference age at 1st Jan 2002: 34.5 yrs) or older than 65 yrs (with reference age at 1st 2002: 65.5 yrs)
- Absolute or relative contraindications to exercise testing of the ACSM
- Persons unable or with restrictions to participate in a regular physical activity program because of any disease (e.g. history of CHD, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, arthritis of major joints)
- Severe hypertension systolic BP of > 200 mm Hg and or diastolic BP of > 105 mm Hg at rest
- Persons with established insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
- Persons with a disease of the liver or the kidneys prohibiting high protein intake
- Persons with a disease of the thyroid gland or taking thyroid hormones
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body weight loss of 5% and 10 %
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction of body fat<br>Change of muscle mass