Overweight
Conditions
Keywords
Sucrose, Sugar, Carbohydrate, Weight gain, men
Brief 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.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTSucrose
Sucrose sweetened soft drinks
Sponsors
University of Hull
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
30 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* BMI 25-35
Exclusion criteria
* Diabetes, * other health problems, * medication, * dislike of soft drinks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body Mass | Eight Weeks | Do participants gain weight? |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily energy intake assessed by free-living unweighed food diary | Eight Weeks | Do participants eat less to compensate for added sucrose? |
| Mood assessed using 10 rating scales | Eight Weeks | Are there changes in rated mood during sucrose supplementation? |
Outcome results
None listed