Hipoenergetic Effect of Diet Associated or Not With the Consumption of Coconut Flour in Women With Overweight

Effect of Hipoernergetic Diet Combined or Not With Coconut Flour on Overweight Women

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02152111

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-02

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2014-03-31

Last updated

2014-06-24

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Conditions

Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Obesity

Keywords

Obesity, Coconut flour, Diet quality, Cardiovascular risk factor

Brief summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of weight loss with diet combined coconut flour consumption improvement weight loss and reduction in glucose, cholesterol in obese women.

Detailed description

This is a clinical trial with two groups, one receiving hipoenergetic diet for 180 days and another group with hipoenergetic diet for 90 days, a washout period for another 90 days and another period for another 90 days diet meal plus hipoenergética coconut. In order to assess body mass, waist circumference and neck, assess the lipid profile, glucose and uric acid.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTCoconut flour

Patients 9 months following treatment, starting at 3 months with diet hipoenergetica 3 months washout and sixth month diet hiponergetic more coconut flour.

BEHAVIORALDiet

Patients were instructed to follow the dietary treatment for 6 months.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

women \> 20 years old BMI \>25 Kg/m²

Exclusion criteria

Performing diets and / or making use of drugs for the reduction of body weight; Supplements of any kind; Pregnant and lactating women; In use of statins; With voluntary water restriction. -

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anthropometry	9 months	To evaluate the effect to coconut flour in the improvement of weight, waist circumference and neck circumference in voluntary overweight and obesity

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Lipid profile	9 months	To evaluate the effect the coconut flour in lowering total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol.
Quality of the diet	9 months	To evaluating the effect of treatment on the nutritional quality of the diet

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026