Study of the body fat-reducing effect of the 12-week intake of food containing lactic acid bacteria: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study

INTERVENTION: 12‐week intake of the test food 12‐week intake of the placebo food CONDITION: Overweight PRIMARY OUTCOME: Abdominal total fat area; Abdominal visceral fat area; Abdominal subcutaneous fat area SECONDARY OUTCOME: Body weight; Body mass index; Body fat percentage; Waist circumference, Hip circumference, Waist circumference/hip circumference ; Blood fat level (triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol); Blood glucose level; HbA1c; Insulin; HOMA‐IR; Blood ketone bodies level; Blood inflammatory cytokines; Blood adiponectin INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1)Healthy men and women of 20 to 64 years age 2)Subjects whose body mass indexes were 25 to 30 at the screening period 3)Subjects giving written informed consent