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Filter by:To investigate the hypothesis that reducing the glycemic load of the diet will improve changes in body composition and cardio-vascular risk factors. The study compares a conventional reduced-fat, high carbohydrate diet with 3 means of reducing glycemic load: changing the carbohydrates to low-GI choices, replacing some of the carbohydrate with protein, or combining both effects to produce the lowest glycemic load.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Weight Watchers, brief behavioral treatment, and a combination treatment. We hypothesize that a combination treatment will achieve greater weight losses than Weight Watchers alone.
This is a 2-year study proposing to examine the effects of aripiprazole on heart health factors such as serum lipids, serum leptin, fasting blood sugar, body weight and blood pressure. This study also examines the safety of switching to aripiprazole with respect to changes in the clinical state, preexisting or emergent side-effects, how the brain processes information and changes in social functioning and quality of life.
Overweight increases the risk to develop chronic diseases including type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The low-grade inflammatory status often seen in overweight subjects is thought to play an important role in disease development. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of inflammation on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance. In this study the effect of the anti-inflammatory treatment diclofenac on markers of inflammation and on parameters of glucose metabolism will be studied.
To compare the efficacy and safety of aliskiren in combination with losartan compared to losartan on the regression of the increased size of the left ventricle in overweight patients with high blood pressure.
To see how fast and how much physical training can reduce risk factors related to metabolic syndrome
The aim is to come to a consensus about how to prescribe exercise training that actually helps overweight and obese people. Thus, the present study determines the effects of several types of exercise training to define the one with the largest effect with the least effort.
In this 3-month pilot study, we will introduce to 40 adolescents "at risk for overweight" (i.e., a BMI/age >85th percentile) a structured meal plan consisting of meal replacements, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and dairy products. We will encourage and invite at least one parent to the scheduled visits, however, no subject will be eliminated because of lack of parental involvement. In this study, we will conduct behavior modification group sessions using lessons which are structured and patterned after the suggestions documented in the LEARNÒ Program for Weight Control. Diet instruction by a registered dietitian will include the appropriate use of meal replacements for a low-fat, low-calorie meal plan. Portion sizes of all foods recommended will be reviewed and a structured meal plan will be developed by the dietitian for subjects to follow. Subjects will return on a weekly basis for behavioral modification groups sessions in conjunction with the liquid meal replacement diet. Blood work and physical examinations will occur pre and post intervention.
The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of either a multidisciplinary approach or intensity-controlled interval training on cardiovascular risk factors in overweight adolescents.
The purpose of the study is to show that valsartan compared to atenolol has favorable effects on exercise capacity, quality of life, diastolic function and elevated blood pressure in hypertensive postmenopausal overweight women with impaired exercise tolerance despite normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).