Campbell Soup Company

Suzanne Oparil

Chor San Khoo

R David MacNair

Paula J Ziegler

Jill Metz

Allen Chait

David McCarron

Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Penny Kris-Etherton

Judith S Stern

R Brian Haynes

Larry Resnick

Dan Hatton

The invention is a method for determining the effectiveness of a diet program for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition. The method includes the steps of selecting a plurality of patients, each having at least one diet-responsive condition; identifying at least one quantifiable indicator of each of the diet-responsive conditions and measuring the at least one indicator for each of the patient during a four week baseline period; and monitoring each of the patients during the baseline period to determine a baseline quality of life. The plurality of patient are divided randomly between a first group and a second group. The diet program is administered to each of the patients in the first group during a ten week intervention period and each of the patient in the second group is maintained on a control diet with known beneficial effects on the at least one diet-responsive condition during the intervention period. The at least one indicator of each of the conditions is monitored for each of the patient after the intervention period.

Method for determining diet program effectiveness

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Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Suzanne Oparil