Clinical trial
Energy Metabolism Profiles Over Weight-loss and Eating Responses
Active, not recruiting · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT05785221
What this study is about
This is an exploratory controlled before-after study, which involves 112 participants, of whom 28 are with normal weight and 84 are overweight or obese. Twelve weeks of caloric-restriction dietary intervention will be conducted in the overweight or obese participants. Before and after the 12-week intervention, metabolic health will be characterized by metabolic homeostasis, determined via comprehensive measurements of dynamic postprandial metabolic responses to a standardized mixed macronutrient tolerance test (75 g glucose, 60 g fat, 20 g protein) in a whole-room indirect calorimeter. The objectives of this study are 1. to characterize dynamic metabolic response elicited by acute nutritional and acute exercise challenges, 2. to elucidate biological mechanisms underlying inter-individual heterogeneity in these responses, 3. to predict prospective weight loss over the intervention using heterogeneous metabolic responses to acute challenges
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
General lifestyle and nutritional education
Participants will receive general dietary advice, behavior guidance and nutritional and lifestyle education based on dietary guidelines.
Personalized nutritional and lifestyle weight reduction intervention
Participants will receive personalized dietary advice, behavior guidance and nutritional and lifestyle education by dietitian and physicians. APP-connected wearable devices will be utilized to monitor their dietary intakes, physical activities and sleep conditions and APP-connected scale will be used to monitor their weight changes during interventions.
Primary outcomes
Energy metabolism is characterized by four primary indicators: energy expenditure (EE), respiratory quotient (RQ), carbohydrate oxidation rate (CarbOx), and fat oxidation rate (FatOx). EE denotes the rate of energy expenditure per minute (typically expressed in kcal/min). RQ, defined as the ratio of carbon dioxide produced to oxygen consumed (VCO₂/VO₂), reflects whole-body substrate utilization. CarbOx and FatOx represent the respective oxidation rates of carbohydrate and fat, quantifying the contribution of each macronutrient to total energy production.
Study locations
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