Personalized diet with or without cycling, and MC4R gene testing, for body fat change in Georgia adults

• Diet and exercise

  Intervention · BEHAVIORAL

  Diet intervention: Participants will be randomly divided into a control group (n=50) and a training group (n=50) using the simplest method of assigning participants to different treatment groups: a coin toss. They will be surveyed using the modified DHII questionnaire to assess their caloric intake. The baseline calorie intake will be evaluated during the first visit. Participants will be instructed to reduce their portion sizes by half of what they typically consume. The commitment of participants will be for 8 weeks. Exercise intervention: In the first visit, subjects will be familiarized with exercise on a bicycle ergometer to eliminate the novel effects of a new experience. The subjects in the training group will then come to our laboratory to participate in an 8-week exercise program; the control group will not undergo training during this experimental period. The training group will train on a bicycle ergometer for 30 minutes, 3 days a week, for 8 weeks.

• Lifestyle Intervention

  Intervention · BEHAVIORAL

  8-week personalized diet using a personalized low-calorie diet based on the caloric intake baseline using modified Diet History Questionnaire II (DHQ II)

• Exercise

  Intervention · BEHAVIORAL

  8-week personalized physical activity- subjects will be doing 30-minute exercise three times a week using a bicycle ergometer

Official title

Assessing Obesity Related Risk Factors in Burke, Columbia, Richmond (BCR) Adult Population: A Genetic and Behavioral Study

Sponsor

Augusta University

Conditions

Obesity Prevention

Enrolling

100 people

Starts

2026-01-01

Est. completion

2026-12-01

Design

Open-label, single group

Record

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