Mediterranean Enriched Diet for Tackling Youth Obesity (MED4Youth)
Obesity, Adolescent, Lifestyle, Healthy, Diet, Healthy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity, Adolescent focused on measuring Youth Obesity, Mediterranean diet, Interventional study, Healthy lifestyles, Educational approach
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- boys and girls aged 13-17 years
- having obesity, defined as an age- and sex-specific BMI in the 95th percentile or greater (1), or great overweight (age- and sex-specific BMI in the ≥90th to <95th percentile),
- having informed consent (sign by both, one parent and the adolescent),
- and to have a mobile phone with internet access.
Exclusion Criteria:
- having diabetes and other metabolic, endocrine and chronic disorders;
- intake of antibiotics, drug, probiotics or nutritional supplements in the last month;
- prescribed medicine to control hypertension, inflammation or dyslipidemia,
- following a prescribed diet for any reason, including weight loss, in the last 3 months;
- following a religion-restricted diet;
- and having allergies or food intolerances in: nuts, pomegranate, bread and/or chickpeas.
Sites / Locations
- Eurecat
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Mediterranean diet group
Low-fat diet group
1) The MD will be based on high consumption of unsaturated fat from vegetable sources (virgin olive oil and nuts) and minimally processed plant foods (vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains and legumes), low consumption of meat (especially red and processed meats) and sweets, and moderate consumption of fish and dairy products (mainly yoghurt and cheese). Accordingly, this diet will provide a high amount of mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids, fibre and phenolic compounds. Adolescents in the MD group will replace the intake of conventional breads by sourdough bread consumption (2 servings of 50-60 g daily) and incorporate into their diet chickpeas (2 servings of 150 g/week chickpeas, minimum one of them in hummus format), and they will consume at least another serving of legumes which can be chickpeas or another legume), pomegranate juice (4 servings of 200ml/week) and mixed nuts (4 servings of 30 g/week).
2) The low-fat diet (control diet) will be based on low consumption of fats. A low-fat diet is the most used diet for obesity treatment in adolescents. This group will not receive any additional specific food by researchers. This diet will be based on the diet proposed as low-fat diet in the PREDIMED study