Nutritional and metabolic diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 53 overweight or obese subject to diet with reduced carbohydrate (< 40% of total calories) performing exercise 3x a week for 12 weeks.
Control group: 53 overweight or obese subject
Behavioural
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS
Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa e Inovação Tecnológica de Sergipe - FAPITEC/SE
Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 and 59 years; Body mass index of 25 kg/m² to 39.9 kg/m²; weight stable in the last three months; sedentary.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: use of drugs for weight loss; eating disorders; osteoarticular diseases; diabetes mellitus; hypertension.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 5 - 10% weight loss, assessed by electronic weighing after 12 weeks of intervention following a hypocaloric, carbohydrate restricted diet and high intensity intermittent exercise. ;Weight Loss about 7.5% in both groups after 12 weeks of intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the lipid, hormonal and hematological profile in the experimental group. Evaluated from a sample of venous blood collected by venous puncture in the antecubital vein, before and after 12 weeks of intervention with a low calorie diet with carbohydrate restriction associated with the practice of intermittent high intensity exercise.;Improvement of the lipid profile, characterized by increased HDL-c concentration (+6.8 mg/dl) and reduction of LDL-c (-17 mg/dl) and total cholesterol (-26 mg/dl) in both groups after 12 weeks of intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRaquel Mendes Netto
Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS
Outcome results
None listed