2023 New Year Resolution: Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention Study
The Human Nutrition Unit (Mt Eden) at the University of Auckland is inviting people at risk of diabetes to participate in an 8-month Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention Study. The 8-month study will start next January 2023, and we are currently gathering people to participate.
You will be required to:
• Attend 7 study visits at the Human Nutrition Unit, in Mt Eden
• Follow the low energy, Cambridge weight-loss diet for 8 weeks
• Complete a 6-month weight maintenance programme
• Consume feijoa whole fruit powder or placebo matched powder every day for 8 months
What you will receive?
• 2 months’ worth of meal replacements at no cost
• 11 extensive dietary advice sessions with a Registered Dietitian
• Get free body composition scans to understand your body fat mass, lean mass, and bone mineral density
• Get to try a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to know what meals raise your blood glucose more than others
• Get to know how much calories your body burn when at rest using an indirect calorimetry
• Your time will be compensated with travel vouchers
Who can participate?
• Have elevated blood glucose but are not diabetic (we can check this for you)
• Are of Māori, Pacific Island, Asian Indian, Asian Chinese or NZ European/Caucasian descent
• Are between 18-70 years
• Have a BMI 26-40 kg/m2
• Are happy to participate in an 8-month weight loss study
• Are happy to consume feijoa whole fruit powder or matched placebo powder every day for eight months
• Are happy for us to provide blood, urine and faecal samples
• Are happy to complete 7 Study Visits to the Human Nutrition Unit
If you would like to learn more about this study, sign up to receive a copy of Participant Information Sheet in your email:
redcap.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz...
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