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TOP-mums, for a Healthy Start

This study evaluates the effect of a lifestyle intervention for women with a pregnancy wish who have a high risk on perinatal morbidity because of overweight or obesity. Half of the patients will receive the lifestyle intervention while the other half will receive usual care. It is hypothesized that an effective lifestyle intervention directed towards healthy living, including reduction of overweight or obesity and, if applicable, smoking reduction, health problems in mothers and their offspring can be prevented.

Start: July 2016

Energy Expenditure and Substrate Oxidation in a Whole Room Calorimeter

The investigators aim to establish a protocol for metabolic rate measurements obtained using continuous monitoring of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in a whole room calorimeter setting.

Start: April 2019

Exercise and Diet Counseling Program in Improving Quality of Life in Stage I-III Breast Cancer Survivors

This trial studies the benefits of an exercise and diet counseling program in improving quality of life in stage I-III breast cancer survivors. Exercise and diet counseling may help improve weight loss and relevant clinical and patient-reported outcomes in overweight or obese breast cancer survivors.

Start: March 2019

Project Impact: An Innovative Approach to Weight Loss Maintenance

The major goal of this project is to evaluate an innovative approach to obesity. This study will determine if behavioral treatment can be improved by 1) implementing a primary focus on PA following initial weight loss treatment, and 2) using a novel, acceptance-based approach to the promotion of PA.

Start: August 2014

Sleep and Physical Activity Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Overweight or Obese and Sedentary African Americans

This trial studies how well sleep and physical activity interventions work in increasing the physical activity of overweight or obese and sedentary African Americans. Sleep and physical activity interventions may help to increase physical activity among overweight and obese African American adults who do not get enough exercise.

Start: October 2019

The Effects of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Increased Weight on Gut Microbiome and Urine Metabolome Profiles in Children

This study employs a cross-sectional design to profile the gut microbiome and urine metabolome in overweight/obese children with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Start: June 2016

FRESH-DOSE: Families Responsibility Education Support Health-Dual Options for Sustained Effectiveness

The objective of the study is to evaluate whether a less intensive intervention, Guided Self-Help Family Based Treatment (gshFBT), is non-inferior to the more intensive Family Based Treatment (FBT) for childhood obesity on child weight loss over 18-months. Cost-effectiveness of both treatments will also be compared.

Start: April 2017

A Brief Lifestyle Modification Programme in Overweight Subjects With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea - Needs Assessment

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disease and associated with cardiovascular and neurocognitive sequelae. Overweight is a common, reversible risk factor of OSA, and the rapid rise in obesity worldwide may lead to increases in OSA and related adverse health outcomes. Weight-loss interventions, especially comprehensive lifestyle interventions, are associated with improvements in OSA severity, cardiometabolic comorbidities, and quality of life. However, the intensive nature of these programmes often pose a barrier to adherence. Furthermore, although there is strong evidence to support the value of mobile text messaging to promote physical activity and healthy eating in clinical and community settings, messaging has rarely been applied in interventions for overweight OSA subjects. The proposed study aims to examine the feasibility of a brief lifestyle modification programme that makes use of smartphone technology (WhatsApp or WeChat) to empower subjects to start doing simple and easy-to-do exercises that can be easily integrated into daily life for gradual lifestyle change.

Start: May 2020

ORBERA365 Post-Marketing Clinical Follow-up Study

A prospective, multicenter, open-label, post-approval study of the safety and effectiveness of ORBERA36 as a 12-month adjunct to weight reduction for obese adults (BMI ? 27 kg/m2 and BMI ? 50 kg/m2) or for pre-surgical weight reduction in obese and super-obese adults (BMI ? 40 kg/m2 or ? 35 kg/m2 with comorbidities).

Start: July 2020

Th Effect of Ketogenic Metabolic Nutritional Pattern on High-frequency Episodic Migraine (EMIKETO)

The study aims to investigate the impact of 2 nutritional patterns on high-frequency episodic migraine. Subjects enrolled will be randomized in two arms: a) very-low-calorie-ketogenic-diet (VLCKD), b) hypocaloric balanced non ketogenic-diet (HBD).

Start: February 2020

Network Meta-analyses of Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Risk

Sugars especially in form or sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been singled out as one of the prime culprits in the dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) provide a potentially important means for displacing excess calories from free sugars in the diet. There is, however, a concern that the use of ASBs may themselves contribute to an increased risk of obesity and diabetes. This concern led the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for American Committee (DGAC) to recommend that sugars in the diet not be replaced with ASBs but rather with "healthy options" such as water. Whether ASBs as a replacement strategy for SSBs have the intended benefits and whether these benefits are similar to those of the preferred replacement strategy water remains unclear. To address this important question and update of the European Association of the Study (EASD) clinical practice guidelines for nutrition therapy, the investigators propose to conduct a series of systematic reviews and network meta-analyses of the totality of the evidence from randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effects of water and ASBs on incident overweight and obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors. The findings generated by this proposed knowledge synthesis will help improve the health of consumers through informing evidence/base guidelines and improving health outcomes by educating healthcare providers and patients, stimulating industry innovations, and guiding future research design.

Start: November 2015

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral Sertraline Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Volunteers with a prescription of oral sertraline who have been scheduled to bariatric surgery in either Norrköping/Sweden or Lindesberg/Sweden will be asked to participate in a observational study. The aim of this study is to evaluate the absorption and the effect and side effects of sertraline in volunteers 8 weeks before and 1, 6 and 12 months after bariatric surgery.

Start: January 2020

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Differential Effects of DHA and EPA on Inflammation

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death globally. Systemic and local tissue inflammation is now recognized as a key etiological process leading to CVD. Hence, elevated blood levels of inflammation markers are classified among the well-established risk factors for the development of CVD. Among nutritional strategies to prevent and/or reduce chronic inflammation, long-chain omega 3 PUFA (LCn-3PUFA), notably eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have raised tremendous interest for their purported anti-inflammatory effects. Previous meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) substantiated the anti-inflammatory effect of LCn-3PUFA supplementation as evidenced by significant reductions in plasma concentrations of specific inflammation markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). However, it is stressed that almost all of the reported RCTs have used a mix of EPA and DHA in various ratios, as EPA and DHA occur concomitantly and naturally in food (fish oils) and in most dietary supplements. Yet, several recent RCTs have recently been undertaken to test the hypothesis that not all LCn-3PUFAs are equal, at least when it comes to their anti-inflammatory effects. Accordingly, there is increasing interest and evidence for potential distinctive effects of DHA compared to EPA on systemic inflammation, raising the question: Is DHA a more potent anti-inflammatory nutrient than EPA? To formally answer this question, we will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs to assess and compare the individual anti-inflammatory effects of DHA and of EPA. The present work will be a pairwise and network meta-analysis focusing on RCTs comparing the effects of EPA and DHA on surrogate markers of systemic inflammation. The findings generated by these analyses will provide invaluable and timely comparative information on the specific efficacy of DHA and EPA as one of the key nutritional modalities for the treatment of chronic inflammation in high-risk men and women. This is important considering that LCn-3PUFA supplements are increasingly being used by the population and an ever growing market in the dietary supplements' industry.

Start: April 2018

Meta-analyses of Nuts and Risk of Obesity

Peanuts and tree nuts (almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts) (herein referred to as "nuts") are a good source of unsaturated fatty acids, vegetable protein, fibre, and polyphenolics. Nut intake has been associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk and claims for this association have been permitted by the FDA; however, intake of tree nuts is low in Canada. One of the barriers to increasing the consumption of nuts is the perception that they may contribute to weight gain more than other "healthy foods" owing to their high energy density. The evidence supporting this concern, however, is lacking. In a series of earlier systematic reviews and meta-analyses, we have shown that nuts improve glycemic control and metabolic syndrome criteria, findings which run contrary to any expected weight gain. However, it remains unclear whether nuts have an increasing, neutral, or even decreasing effect on body weight. To address the uncertainties, the investigators propose to conduct a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the totality of the evidence from randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies to investigate the effect of nut consumption on body weight and adiposity. The findings generated by this proposed knowledge synthesis will help improve the health of consumers through informing evidence-based guidelines and improving health outcomes by educating healthcare providers and patients, stimulating industry innovation, and guiding future research design

Start: October 2015

Short- and Long-term Health Effects of a Residential Stay in a Danish Christmas Seal Home.

The purpose of the study is: (1) to evaluate the short-term effects of a 10-week residential stay in a Danish Christmas Seal Home on health, physical fitness, physical activity level, learning, sleep and well-being; (2) to investigate the long-term effects 3 and 12 months after the stay; and (3) to examine whether a special effort involving a high-intensity activity/health education programme (FIFA 11 for Health) increases the effects on physical fitness and health knowledge, learning capabilities, sleep patterns, well-being and adherence to a physically active lifestyle compared to the standard programme.

Start: September 2018

Diabetes Prevention Program With or Without Hunger Training in Helping to Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Obese Participants

This pilot trial studies how well a diabetes prevention program with or without hunger training works in helping to lower breast cancer risk in obese participants. A diabetes prevention program involves learning about and receiving materials on different strategies to encourage weight loss, and hunger training involves learning how to recognize hunger. It is not yet known whether adding hunger training to a diabetes prevention program helps participants control their weight that could reduce the risk of some cancers.

Start: December 2017

Partnering With WIC to Prevent Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of an antenatal obesity treatment on gestational weight gain when integrated into Philadelphia WIC.

Start: July 2018

Community-based Obesity Treatment in African American Women After Childbirth

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the community-based obesity treatment (PP), compared to usual care (UC), on changes in maternal weight over 12 months.

Start: September 2016

En_Línea. An Online Treatment to Change Lifestyle in Overweight and Obesity

A randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of an online weight control program, called en_línea, comparing with a standard group therapy and a control group

Start: December 2016

Functional Snack Foods With Safflower Oil and Soy in Postmenopausal Women Having Metabolic Syndrome

This research study is being done to help researchers develop new dietary options for menopausal women to maintain a healthy weight by developing more nutritious snacks that have health benefits. From this study, the researchers hope to gain understanding on how menopausal women with metabolic syndrome digest and absorb foods with safflower oil on its own and when combined with soy. The research team hypothesize that the two different types of pretzels may be processed by your body differently and that components in the pretzel snacks may be helpful for preventing diseases like obesity and cancer. Safflower oil and soybeans contain many natural chemicals that may benefit human health. However, this relationship is not well understood. This study will look at the impact of the pretzel snacks on your blood fat and glucose levels as well as a group of chemicals found in soy called "isoflavones". Isoflavones are natural chemicals found commonly in soybeans or foods made from them. Participants will be screened to determine if they qualify in meeting the study requirements. Participants cannot have a known allergy to dairy, soy, safflower oil, or wheat protein. Also, participants will be asked to stop eating legumes (beans, peas, soy protein, sprouts and peanuts) and to document the oils they eat for the entire 14 weeks of this study. The study will require five visits to the Ohio State University Clinical Research Center (CRC) which part of the Ohio State University's Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences. Once the investigators have determined that you qualify for this study and you decide to participate, you will be consuming three different pretzels each for one month, starting with a control pretzel. After the control pretzel treatment period, you will be randomly assigned (like the "flip of a coin") to start with one of the two pretzel groups (wheat or soy pretzel with safflower oil) for your first treatment period and then switch to the other safflower oil pretzel at your second treatment period.

Start: July 2014