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In the Exercise & Nutrition Study, you would:

1. Follow THREE different meal plans for 1 week each.
   Click here to review all the foods you would eat.
   • Meals will vary in carbohydrate, protein and fat content.
   • Each week-day , you will come to the clinic (U of MN Minneapolis campus, East Bank) to pick up your food for the next 24-hour period.
   • There is a 1-3 week period in between each meal plan during which you will be asked to follow your usual eating and activity patterns.
2. Complete FIVE clinic visits at the General Clinic Research Center (GCRC), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis Campus).
   • One screening & orientation visit (1 hour)
   • One visit to assess your exercise tolerance test on a treadmill (1 hour)
   • One overnight clinic visit at the end of EACH study week (come in at 6pm and leave by noon the next day) - a total of THREE clinic visits.   Blood will be drawn at each visit.
3. You will receive $510 upon completion of the entire study.

To Participate You Must Be Male, between ages 20 and 59, overweight, in good health, and able to visit the clinic on a daily basis as described above.

There are several other study criteria. In order to find out if you qualify, please click here to complete our confidential and secure survey.

If you qualify we will contact you in the near future.