Cereal-based Products Fortified With Legumes and Effects on Body Weight Management

Harokopio University70 enrolled

Overview

Legumes are high nutritional quality foods and constitute a rich source of proteins and dietary fibers which have been associated with appetite regulation and body weight management. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of regular consumption of a cereal-based snack fortified with legumes on body weight reduction.

Overweight/obese, non-diabetic subjects will participate in the study. Subjects will follow a 12-week energy-restricted dietary intervention supplemented with a certain amount of a cereal-based snack fortified with legumes daily. The effects of dietary intervention on body weight reduction will be examined.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

cereal-legume snackOTHER

cereal-legume biscuit

cereal snackOTHER

cereal biscuit

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * normal exercise and dietary habits * weight stable for at least 3 months before enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * diabetes * pregnancy * chronic medical illness * use of nutritional supplements * regular intense exercise * alcohol consumption \> 2 drinks/day

Locations (1)

Laiko General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Athens, Attica, Greece

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in body weight

Change in body weight after energy-restricted dietary intervention with cereal-legume snack compared to common cereal snack

Time frame: 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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