Efficacy study of mealtime regularity

UMIN ID: UMIN000054028

Registered date:10/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Not applicable
• Date of first enrollment: 2012/01/10
• Target sample size: 16
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Randomize meal times by eating three times a day for two weeks.
Fix meal times by eating three times a day for two weeks.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: 24-hour blood glucose levels after 2-week mealtime intervention
• Secondary Outcome: 24-hour energy expenditure, glucose and fat oxidation, respiratory quotient, appetite, physical activity, and diet-induced thermogenesis after a 2-week mealtime intervention.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: 59years-old
• Gender: Male
• Exclude criteria: 1) Participants who have serious cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, or gastrointestinal diseases, or who have a medical history of these diseases. 2) Participants who take medicine of hyperlipidemia or diabetes. 3) Participants who have food or medicine allergy. 4) Participants who are claustrophobic 5) Smoker 6) Heavy drinker (Over 30g alcohol per day) 7) Participants who have habitual headaches 8) Participants who are extremely irregular meal times 9) Night worker or shift worker 10) Subjects who considered unsuitable for this study by the study investigators.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kao Corporation
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Kao Corporation