The Influence of Energy Density and Information on Meal Intake in Adults

Feeding Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lunch Meal Study for Men and Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04404998
• Other study ID #: FoodED601
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 3, 2021
• Est. completion date: November 8, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: December 2021
• Source: Penn State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how energy density and cognitive framing of satiation using food information can influence consumption at a meal. This study also aims to investigate the influence of energy density and food information on sensory specific satiety (the decline in the subjective pleasantness of a food as it is eaten).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 11
• Est. completion date: November 8, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 8, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ability to attend all test meals
• Be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
• Regularly eat 3 meals/day
• Being willing to avoid alcohol the day before and during test days
• Have a body mass index greater than 18.0 kg/meters squared
• Being willing to refrain from eating after 10 pm the evening before test sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being a smoker
• Being an athlete in training
• Being pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of screening
• Have taken prescription or non-prescription drugs that may affect appetite or food intake within the last 3 months
• Dislike or inability to eat the test foods
• Currently dieting to gain or lose weight
• Have a health condition that affects appetite
• Have participated in a similar study in our lab in the past year
• Being a student, faculty, or staff member in nutritional sciences or psychology

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feeding Behavior

Intervention

Other:
• Lower Energy Density
Test meal with lower energy density
• Higher Energy Density
Test meal with higher energy density
• Lower Satiation
Information on lower satiation
• Higher Satiation
Information on higher satiation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior, The Pennsylvania State University	University Park	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Penn State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in food intake by weight	Weight of food consumed measured in grams (g)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Primary	Change in energy intake	Energy content of food consumed measured in kilocalories (kcal)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in palatability rating of food samples	Difference between post-meal and pre-meal palatability of the food samples measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm) to assess Sensory-Specific Satiety	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in prospective consumption rating of food samples	Difference between post-meal and pre-meal prospective consumption of food samples measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm) to assess Sensory-Specific Satiety	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in hunger rating	Difference between post-meal and pre-meal hunger measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in fullness rating	Difference between post-meal and pre-meal fullness measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in test meal prospective consumption rating	Difference in prospective consumption measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in test meal fillingness rating	Difference in fillingness measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in test meal palatability rating	Difference in palatability of the test meal measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in estimation of proportion of test meal consumed	Difference in estimation of proportion of test meal consumed measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary	Change in estimation of energy content of test meal consumed	Difference in estimation of energy content of test meal consumed measured by Visual Analogue Scales (ranging from 0 mm to 100 mm)	Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4