Low Carb Diets & Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Reduction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: low carbohydrate diet; Behavioral: low carbohydrate diet and exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01176084
• Lead Sponsor: University of Surrey

Brief Summary

The purposes of this study are:

To investigate the effects of a 6 month low carbohydrate diet in obese men on markers of heart health including blood fats, blood clotting factors, inflammatory markers and levels of body fat.

To investigate the added effect on heart health that regular moderate exercise may have when combined with a low carbohydrate diet in obese men.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01
• Primary Completion: 2007-10
• Study Completion: 2008-02
• Status Verified: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2010-08-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2010-08-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2010-08-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

• male
• 21-65 years
• body mass index (BMI) 27-40kg/m2
• not currently losing weight
• physically able to exercise at moderate intensity

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
low carbohydrate diet	low carbohydrate diet	-
diet & exercise	low carbohydrate diet and exercise	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
insulin levels

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
body composition
lipid profile
body weight

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey; 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom