Korean Diet Efficacy Clinical Trial

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title: A 13 Week Study to Examine the Effectiveness of the Korean Diet on Weight, Blood Pressure, Metabolic Parameters and Disease Control in an Australian Overweight and Obese Population.

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine:

1. the acceptability of a Korean diet to an Australian overweight and obese population

2. which Korean recipes are easily prepared

3. the effect of a Korean diet on weight, blood pressure, and metabolic complications of obesity in this population.

Clinical Trial Description

The primary endpoint (Korean diet acceptability) will be assessed by reliability tested questionnaire, dietary compliance, and quantities of food returned over the 12 weeks.

Analysis of differences in weight loss will be based on all participants with a baseline and a 12-week weight assessment. In order to investigate the impact of missing data, all subjects will be analysed using last weight observation carried forward and baseline weight carried forward.

Other secondary endpoints will determine the effect of the Korean diet on blood pressure, metabolic parameters and chronic metabolic disease control in the Australian population. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

• NCT number: NCT01124071
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Sydney
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2010
• Completion date: April 2011