Daily Eating Patterns for Total Health Study
ConditionObesity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age25-60
SponsorThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville
About this trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn how the time of day when calories are eaten affects weight loss in the long-term (12 months). The main aims are to learn:
1. The influence of time-based energy intake goals on longer-term weight loss. 2. The influence of time-based energy intake goals on eating temporal patterns, sleep regularity, and appetite regulation.
Researchers will compare whether goals to eat most of a person's calories in the morning or evening work to treat obesity.
Participants will:
1. Eat a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet (some participants will have goals to eat their calories at certain times of day based on their group) 2. Be physically active at least 200 minutes 3. Receive a cognitive behavioral intervention
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Body mass index (BMI) between 27 and 45 kg/m2.
Disqualifiers
Report not regularly (>/= 5 days/wk) consuming energy (>/= 100 kcal) prior to 12 pm, and not being able to consume energy every day (>/= 50 kcal) within one hour of awakening.
Report taking sleep medication or not regularly (>/= 5 nights/wk) getting at least 6 hrs of total sleep.
Report being a shift workers/alternative shift workers that work outside of 7 am and 7 pm.
Report being diagnosed with type 1, or type 2 diabetes and taking medication that requires eating to occur at certain time periods.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- DEPTH
- DEPTH-Morning
- DEPTH-Evening
Treatment groups
174 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov