Effects of Sucrose Added Blind to the Diet Over Eight Weeks on Body Mass and Weight in Men

Overweight Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Sucrose Added Blind to the Diet Over Eight Weeks on Body Mass and Weight in Men

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04804397
• Other study ID #: PSY4272
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: University of Hull
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 30 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI 25-35

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diabetes,

• other health problems,

• medication,

• dislike of soft drinks

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Overweight

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Sucrose
Sucrose sweetened soft drinks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Hull

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body Mass	Do participants gain weight?	Eight Weeks
Secondary	Daily energy intake assessed by free-living unweighed food diary	Do participants eat less to compensate for added sucrose?	Eight Weeks
Secondary	Mood assessed using 10 rating scales	Are there changes in rated mood during sucrose supplementation?	Eight Weeks