Status:
COMPLETED
The Meal Time Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of Aberdeen
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Surrey
Maastricht University
Conditions:
Obesity
Weight Loss
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This weight loss study will investigate the impact of calorie distribution across a day (large breakfast meals and smaller evening meals versus small breakfast meals and large evening meals) on body w...
Detailed Description
Dietary advice for weight management is broadly based on the assumption that a 'calorie is a calorie' and it does not matter when calories are consumed across the day. Recent evidence has challenged t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI ranging from 27-42 kg/m2;
- Those habitually consuming breakfast (at least 5 times a week).
Exclusion
- women who are pregnant, planning to be pregnant or breastfeeding
- subjects with food allergies which prevent consumption of the study diet.
- diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension, renal, hepatic, haematological disease, coronary heart disease, metabolic disease, gastrointestinal disease
- having given a pint of blood for transfusion purposes within the last month
- unsuitable veins for blood sampling
- inability to understand the participant information sheet
- inability to speak, read and understand the English language
- those on any prescription medications (other than oral contraceptives) which will adversely affect the study outcomes (i.e. medications affecting, circadian timing, sleep or metabolic function).
- those on any specific diet regimes
- those on any weight loss programmes (that may be affecting lifestyle, physical activity and diet).
- Extremes of chronotypes, sleep patterns and physical activity.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 24 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 28 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03305237
Start Date
October 24 2017
End Date
February 28 2020
Last Update
April 6 2020
Active Locations (1)
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The Rowett Institute
Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD