Active clinical trials for "Obesity, Abdominal"

The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of a high intake of industrially produced trans fatty acids for 16 weeks on abdominal obesity and risk markers of type 2 diabetes and heart disease in healthy, moderately overweight, postmenopausal women.

This pilot study aims to recruit 30 adults with abdominal obesity, without major chronic disease, and test whether clinical dietary advice that is solely focused on the timing of eating (time restricted eating), has an effect on cardiometabolic health compared to standard dietary advice for cardiometabolic health, which is focused on content. The goal of this pilot study is to develop and hone dietary counseling approaches for time restricted eating for RD's in a clinical practice paradigm, and collect data on testing this intervention compared to standard dietary counseling approaches for cardiometabolic health.

This is a pilot study examining the effect of dietary supplements that contain soy products. The purpose of this study to find out if soy supplementation can help to reduce the storage of a certain kind of fat on the body, visceral fat. Visceral fat is fat found deep in the abdomen; it has the potential to increase the risk of certain health problems.

This randomized controlled study evaluates the effect of individualized physical activity on prescription (PAP) in older overweight adults. The primary hypothesis is that an individualized prescription of physical activity increases physical activity level in overweight older adults after 6 months. Secondary hypothesis are that the increased physical activity level will improve cardio metabolic risk factors and quality of life. 200 women and men, aged 65 with low physical activity level, overweight, and abdominal obesity, will be randomized to an intervention group or a control group. The control group receives general information about physical activity and registration of physical activity level for one week. The intervention group receives in addition an individualized physical activity on prescription with patient-centered counseling. After six months both groups go through the same health check-up as at baseline and follow-ups take place after 12 and 24 months.

The goal is to build social/cultural, political/economic, and physical/built environments that will promote active play and intake of healthy food to prevent young child obesity in the Pacific Region. Our methods will support local culture in order to achieve this goal in these remote, underserved native populations. CHL will engage the community, and focus on capacity building and sustainable environmental change. The focus of the CHL community-based program is to promote healthy eating and to increase physical activity. In order to demonstrate effectiveness, the investigators will recruit and measure children in six communities selected in each of our jurisdictions in the Pacific. These represent intervention communities, comparison communities, and temporal communities.

The number of elderly individuals affected by cardiovascular diseases has been increasing in our country. Garlic (Allium sativum) has been associated with decrease of reactive species of oxygen, hypertension, high cholesterol, platelet aggregation, blood coagulation and especially cardiovascular diseases. The present study evaluated the effects of a garlic supplementation on vascular function and blood pressure in the elderly at cardiometabolic risk. Twenty-eight elderly individuals were submitted to an ingestion of four capsules of an aged garlic extract (KYOLIC® Aged Garlic Extract™). Muscle oxygenation and function were measured 180 min after interventions. Urinary thiosulfate, blood nitrate, nitrite, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) were measured at baseline and 180 min after interventions.

The finding that the combination of the inactivated probiotic Bifidobacterium Lactis (BPL1), inulin as a source of soluble fiber and omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in a surimi matrix has positive effects on visceral adiposity , insulin resistance and plasma tryclycerides in a preclinical model of rats that present obesity induced by diet is the basis of the present hypothesis. This finding is based on the fact that these three bioactive compounds exert these effects through sensibly different and complementary mechanisms, which suggests that their combined use may have synergistic effects. On this basis the present hypothesis is posed: the consumption of surimi enriched with inactivated probiotic BPL1, inulin and omega-3 fatty acids, in the same doses that have been effective in obese rats (SIAP), can induce a reduction of more than 5% of visceral adipose tissue, being clinically relevant in people with abdominal obesity. If the effect on abdominal obesity is associated or not with a lower glycemia and / or absorption of fats induced by the consumption of surimi can be evaluated by monitoring these parameters for 4 hours after the ingestion of a breakfast high in fat. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the consumption of surimi enriched with the probiotic BPL1, inulin and omega-3 fatty acids, on visceral abdominal adiposity in people with abdominal obesity.

This study is a clinical study to investigate the gluconeogenesis pathway related to visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in obese individuals without type 2 diabetes and the effects of empagliflozin (EMPA) on glucose homeostasis in viscerally-obese individuals using functional studies of glycerol metabolism in hepatic gluconeogenesis using a well-validated nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy platform.

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes as well as all-cause mortality. The prevalence of obesity has continuously increased in most countries and has doubled in over 70 countries since 1980. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2014 that ~600 million (13%) adults were obese and ~1.9 billion (39%) were overweight worldwide. Notably, United States and China have the highest numbers of obese adults. According to a national survey in China in 2014 conducted among 146,703 Chinese adults aged 20-59, the prevalence of obesity was 13%, central obesity was 25% and overweight was 41%. In Hong Kong, the Behavioural Risk Factor Survey conducted by the Government in 2016 found 39% of adults were classified as overweight or obese, of which 21% were obese. The prevalence of central obesity has also risen steadily since 1999 in America. By 2030 is projected to reach 55.6% in men, 80.0% in women, 47.6% among girls and 38.9% among boys in the United States. Overweight, obesity and central obesity are now already pandemic public health issues causing heavy burden on healthcare system. Nowadays, lifestyle modification interventions still remain as the primary strategy to manage obesity and obesity-related complications, among which exercise is low-cost and effective. Substantial evidences have demonstrated effectiveness of HIIT and MICT in reducing body adiposity and improving body Anthropometry. However, studies have also pointed out "lack of time" is one of the major barriers preventing patients from exercise participation. Therefore, studies have put focus on low-frequency or low-volume exercise in improving health to reduce time commitment and increase exercise adherence. Among substantial evidence, our recent study demonstrated once-a-week HIIT is effectively in improving body composition. The effectiveness of low-frequency exercise in reducing visceral fat has also been explored. However, a recent meta-analysis showed low-frequency exercise is not effective in reducing visceral fat. Notably, the authors pointed out most of studies included in the meta-analysis adopted cycling exercise modality and they suggested walking or running exercise which recruits more body muscles may exert better results. In this study, we propose to adopt walking exercise modality to fill the research gap identified by the meta-analysis. Also, no study has compared the effectiveness of low-frequency HIIT and MICT in reducing visceral fat determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) previously. Study aim: to examine the effectiveness of once-a-week high-intensity interval training (HIIT) versus moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) in reducing visceral fat in adults with central obesity

Forty women aged between 18 and 75 years-old with a BMI> 30kg/m2 are recruited to participate in the evaluation of their medical management. They participate in an 8-week protocol as part of hospital medical treatment for weight loss at the Oxford Polyclinic in Cannes (IPOCA). The effects of 2 independent variables will be studied: (1) an adapted physical activity program and (2) nutritional supplementation with R-α-Lipoic acid (2x300mg/d) versus placebo (double-blind). The volunteers are randomly assigned to the different groups: Placebo with or without exercise groups and ALA with or without exercise groups. At the start of the protocol (T0), at 4 weeks (T4) and at 8 weeks (T8), various measurements are carried out (physical capacities, nutritional status, body composition, distribution of adipose mass by CT-scan). A venous sample taken for all participants is done at T0, T4 and T8 to investigate the immune profile of circulating T lymphocytes. This project is part of a translational research project to assess current care and to investigate the immunometabolic effects of a non-drug medical care of obesity (adapted physical activities, nutritional supplementation with α-lipoic acid, quality of food intake).