Effect of Watermelon on Cardiometabolic Health

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

22

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 1, 2026

Study Completion Date

July 1, 2027

Conditions
Cardiometabolic Health IndicatorsWhole-body Antioxidant Capacity
Interventions
OTHER

Watermelon Juice + liquid meal test at baseline

WMJ will be purchased from a commercially available brand. The liquid meal test will be in the form of the Boost nutritional drink (8 fl.oz., vanilla flavor), which is commercially available.

OTHER

Sweetened placebo beverage +liquid meal test at baseline

The placebo beverage made of water and sugar will match the sugar content provided in 355 ml of WMJ (approximately 10-20 g). The liquid meal test will be in the form of the Boost nutritional drink (8 fl.oz., vanilla flavor), which is commercially available.

Trial Locations (1)

90095

UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Watermelon Promotion Board

OTHER

lead

University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER