Effects of Sucrose Added Blind to the Diet Over Eight Weeks on Body Mass and Weight in Men
- Conditions
- Overweight
- Interventions
- Dietary Supplement: Sucrose
- Registration Number
- NCT04804397
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Hull
- Brief Summary
Background: Sugar intake, especially in liquid, correlates with obesity. Yet, whether it is a special cause of obesity is less clear. Few experimental studies exist.
Aim: To replicate the investigators' previous 4 week experiments on women with men over 8 weeks to ascertain if: they gain weight given sucrose soft drinks; mood is affected; energy intake is affected.
Participants: 80 men BMI 25-35, aged 30-55. Procedure: After a week of baseline, over eight weeks single blind 40 men received soft drinks containing sucrose (1650 KJ, 97g carbohydrate per day), 40 received control drinks. A three-day food diary with mood ratings and activity levels was completed during baseline and weeks 1, 4 and 8 of the experiment. Body mass was recorded weekly with other anthropometric measures.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- BMI 25-35
- Diabetes,
- other health problems,
- medication,
- dislike of soft drinks
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Aspartame Sucrose Aspartame: 1l aspartame sweetened soft drink per day for 8 weeks as 4 25cl drinks Sucrose Sucrose Sucrose: 1l sucrose sweetened soft drink per day for 8 weeks (1650 KJ, 97g carbohydrate per day) as 4 25cl drinks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Mass Eight Weeks Do participants gain weight?
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mood assessed using 10 rating scales Eight Weeks Are there changes in rated mood during sucrose supplementation?
Daily energy intake assessed by free-living unweighed food diary Eight Weeks Do participants eat less to compensate for added sucrose?