32
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2015
Energy Restriction
"Participants will receive an intervention specifically designed for adolescents and their group assignment that relies on nutrition education, nutritional counseling, social cognitive therapy, behavioral strategies, self-monitoring, portion size reduction, and increased physical activity.~Participants will get an individualized dietary meal plan. Dietary counseling will be based on the MyPlate guidelines with extra attention and focus on appropriate protein food choice. Also in accordance to the MyPlate guidelines, all participants will be instructed to increase physical activity to 60 minutes a day as aerobic physical activity."
Higher protein
The higher protein group will be instructed to consume 30% of energy as protein, with 25% and 45% of energy from fat and carbohydrate, respectively.
Lower Protein
The lower protein group will be instructed to consume 15% of energy as protein, with 25% and 60% of energy from fat and carbohydrate, respectively.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
OTHER