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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Allen Chait, Seattle, WA (US);
Dan Hatton, Portland, OR (US);
R Brian Haynes, Dundas, CA;
Chor San Khoo, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US);
Penny Kris-Etherton, State College, PA (US);
R David Macnair, King of Prussia, PA (US);
David McCarron, Portland, OR (US);
Jill Metz, Portland, OR (US);
Suzanne Oparil, Birmingham, AL (US);
Xavier Pi-Sunyer, New York, NY (US);
Larry Resnick, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Judith S Stern, Lafayette, CA (US);
Paula J Ziegler, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ (US);
Abstract
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.