Obesity Overweight
Conditions
Interventions
- Yacon group: 20 overweight/obesity volunteers with high body fat content will receive breakfasts daily for six weeks, containing a vitamin with yacon flour (25 g), serving 35% of the nutritional req
V03.175.250.500.500
SP6.051.227
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Regular breakfast intake; overweight and with high body fat; adults 20 to 50 years old; physical activity level of mild to moderate; non smokers; restriction and disinhibition level less than 14 and without personal or familiar diabetes history.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Consumption of alcohol higher than 2 servings a day; use of drugs that affects the glycaemia or the energetic metabolism; herbs or adoption of diets for appetite and weight reduction; weight gain or loss in the last three month; recent changes in physical activity level; aversion or intolerance to foods used in the study; endocrine pathology, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, hepatic disease or gastrointestinal disease; presence of eating disorders; pregnance or lactance; probiotics, prebiotics or symbiotics use; and menstrual irregularity in the last three months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total body fat loss evaluated by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and microbiota, after 6 weeks of intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of biochemical, inflammatory, glycation markers and other parameters associated with health status by evaluation of biological materials such as feces, urine, and blood after 6 weeks of intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactNayara Silva
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Outcome results
None listed