107
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2012
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2016
Low-Carbohydrate Diet
Participants are provided with a 6-month standard lifestyle intervention where carbohydrate intake is limited to 50 g/day. There is no calorie restriction for participants following the Low-Carbohydrate diet. Gradual increase in physical activity across the trial to \> 40 min per day, 5 times/week.
Low-fat Diet
Participants are provided with a 6-month standard lifestyle intervention. They will follow an energy restricted, low-fat diet where the daily energy consumption target is 1,200- 1,500 kilocalories/d. The fat intake target is 28% or less of daily kilocalories. Gradual increase in physical activity until participants are active at least 40 min per day, 5 times/week.
Rutgers University, Department of Food Science, New Brunswick
Rutgers University
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