Peer Interactions and Food Are Substitutable in Youth

Caloric Intake Clinical Trial

Official title: Peer Interactions and Food Are Substitutable in Youth

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study examines the effects of increasing the cost of social interactions and food on overweight and non-overweight youth. Using a computerized operant task youth will earn points exchangeable for food and social activity.

The investigators predict that both overweight and non-overweight children will substitute food for interactions with an unfamiliar peer when this alternative is made expensive. Also, the investigators predict that both overweight and lean participants will defend their choice to spend time with a friend even when this alternative is made expensive.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Activity Choices
• Caloric Intake
• Social Time

• NCT number: NCT00875121
• Study type: Observational
• Source: University at Buffalo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2007
• Completion date: December 2008