Effect of Yoghurts Enriched With XXS (Mixture of Natural Polyphenolic Compounds and Plant Extracts) on the Evolution of Weight in Overweight Subjects (VITALIM Senior)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men or women aged between 50 and 65 years;
• who have provided written consent;
• and are covered by national health insurance;
• with a stable weight for 6 months and no intention to begin a diet in the coming three months;
• with a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2 and a waist circumference > 80 cm in women and > 94cm in men (thresholds of the International Diabetes Federation, IDF);
• who consume dairy products such as yoghurts;
• and do not have more than two of the following risk factors of metabolic syndrome: known history of hypertension (>130/85mmHg), hypocholesterolemia High Density Lipoprotein HDL (< 0.4 g/L men and 0.5 g/L women), hypertriglyceridemia (>1.5 g/L), diabetes (> 1.1 g/L);
• presenting C Reactive Protein (CRP) < 6mg/L.

Exclusion Criteria:

• adults under guardianship
• persons following a prescribed of self-prescribed diet;
• whose behaviour may interfere with the consumption of the active dairy product (more than 4h of physical activity a week, smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day, more than 2 glasses of alcohol a day, Consuming more than one bar of dark chocolate a day, 10 cups of coffee/day, 5 large cups of tea/day, supplementation with vitamins (A, C, E…), oligoelements or minerals (Se, Zn, Ca…), enriched dairy products or any supplements containing Dietary Foods for Specialized Medical Purposes (ADFMS) .