# Comparison of Popular Weight Loss Diets

> **NCT00079573** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)** · enrollment: 300 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Atkins diet (extremely low carbohydrate)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Zone diet (low carbohydrate, high protein)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Ornish diet (very low fat)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00079573
- **Lead sponsor:** National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-07
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2004-06
- **Target enrollment:** 300 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2006-08-18

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00079573

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00079573, "Comparison of Popular Weight Loss Diets". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00079573. Licensed CC0.

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