The Effect of White Sweet Potato Meal Replacement on Weight Control of the Obesity

The purpose of this project is to use white-skinned sweet potato as the main material for weight control for overweight and obesity, the non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes) are also included. All high quality sweet potato are provided by CAES in Taiwan to produce special nutrient food and health food that to do functional study in Shih Chien University and Taipei Medical University. In this study, the investigators will recruit overweight and obesity subjects that divide into white sweet potato group (experimental group) and no intervention group (control group) by using randomized, parallel and open clinical study in sixty days.

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Key information

Conditions

Overweight Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

All subjects will be evaluated the body weight and clinical nutrition assessment such as postural measurement, urine test and blood biomarker examination.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

24≦ BMI≦30

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant and lactating women
Patients within six months after surgery
Mental illness or depression
Suffering from cancer, ulcers, acute respiratory infections, dialysis, acute hepatitis and other diseases
Those who have taken "additional nutritional supplements" habit

Treatment and study plan

White sweet potato diet

Dietary Supplement

The diet were supplied 516 kcal daily

Primary outcomes

Body Weight After Intervention

Time frame: 60 days

Body weight change after 60 days intervention

Secondary outcomes

Body Fat After Intervention

Time frame: 60 days

Body fat change after 60 days intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Oct 17, 2016
Registry last updated: Apr 30, 2019

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