The Pediatric Obesity Observational Prospective Trial is a 6-month study of teens fecal microbiomes and blood chemistries (metabolomics) during weight loss therapy.
Our clinical team will tell you about the study on your first visit to the Healthy Lifestyles Clinic to see if you want to be a partner (we hope you do!). Your doctor will work with you to decide the best way for you to start to get healthy, lose weight, and set your goals. In the study, you would let the clinical team take some of your poop and blood to see how your microbes and chemicals change as you work on getting healthier. Our scientists will also try to figure out how your microbes may help your body get healthier and work with you to achieve your goals!
Here is a quick view of how things go:
This study has been approved by the Duke Institutional Review Board (IRB) and is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03139877).
