Paleo Diet 8wk Feasibility in Overweight Adults



Status:Completed
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 55
Updated:1/26/2019
Start Date:January 19, 2015
End Date:April 14, 2015

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Eight Week ad Libitum Self-prepared Paleo Diet and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Overweight Adults

Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults habitually eating a traditional
Western diet will follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo diet for 8-weeks. Blood and
body composition will be measured before and after the intervention period.

The Paleo diet is a dietary method that is gaining popularity among the general population
due to potential weight loss and disease prevention benefits. The feasibility of the Paleo
diet and the effectiveness of self-administration in improving cardiometabolic disease risk
factors remains uncertain. Examination od cardiometabolic disease risk factors in overweight,
physically inactive adults before and after 8-weeks of an ad libitum self-administered Paleo
dietary intervention. Methods: Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults
habitually eating a traditional Western diet follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo
diet for 8-weeks. Blood samples were analyzed for fasting cardiometabolic disease biomarkers.
Participants complete three-day dietary recalls prior to, and during weeks 4 and 8 of the
intervention to confirm Western diet consumption at pre-, track compliance, and to assess
dietary changes.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age: 18-55 years

- BMI > 25 kg/m2

- Currently consuming a typical Western diet (high carbohydrate, low fat diet), which
will be assessed using the 3-day dietary record (public domain)

Exclusion Criteria:

- known cardiovascular, metabolic (including type I or type II diabetes), or respiratory
disease

- smoking and/or smokeless tobacco users

- pregnancy
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