Healthy Nordic Foods to Prevent Cardiometabolic Risk in Obese Subjects

Effects of a Healthy Nordic Diet on Abdominal Obesity, Body Weight Maintenance and Cardiometabolic Risk: a 2-year Randomised Controlled Study

This project will examine whether long-term consumption of healthy Nordic foods can maintain a healthy weight also after weight loss, and decrease abdominal fat accumulation and cardiometabolic risk. The study will be performed with the aim to achieve a substantial body weight loss in the first phase by prescribing a standardized low caloric dietary formula. The follow-up phase will be a body weight-maintenance period and the subjects will be randomised to a healthy Nordic diet group and a control diet group. During the study body weight will be monitored and other measurements will include insulin sensitivity, blood lipids and inflammation markers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 25-67 years, BMI 30-40 kg/m2, waist circumference men >102cm and women > 88cm or sagittal abdominal diameter men >22cm and women >20cm, stable body weight

Exclusion Criteria:

• glucose >7.0 mmol/l, B-Hb1aC >48 mmol/L, triglycerides >4 mmol/l, total cholesterol >8 mmol/l, bloodpressure >160/100 mmHg, chronic disease, gastro-intestinal disease, hyper-/hypothyroidism, alcohol abuse, cancer, gastric bypass operation, gluten allergy, lactose intolerance, pregnancy