# Effectiveness of Four Popular Diet Strategies for Weight Loss and Cardiac Risk Reduction

> **NCT02454127** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Tufts Medical Center** · enrollment: 160 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obesity
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Metabolic Syndrome

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Atkins Diet
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Zone Diet
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Weight Watchers Diet
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Ornish Diet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02454127
- **Lead sponsor:** Tufts Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2000-07
- **Primary completion:** 2003-01
- **Final completion:** 2004-01
- **Target enrollment:** 160 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-10-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02454127

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02454127, "Effectiveness of Four Popular Diet Strategies for Weight Loss and Cardiac Risk Reduction". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02454127. Licensed CC0.

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