Dietary Carbohydrate Consumption on Memory Performance and Mood in Children

Cognitive Ability, General Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Dietary Carbohydrate Consumption on Memory Performance and Mood in Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02820805
• Other study ID #: REB2016-060
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 27, 2016
• Last updated: August 7, 2017
• Start date: April 2016
• Est. completion date: October 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: Ryerson University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels, subjective appetite, mood, and memory performance in 9 to 14 year old normal weight (NW) and overweight or obese (OW/OB) children.

Description:

NW and OW/OB children, 9-14 years of age, will participate in the experiment. The effect of 5 different meals (mashed potatoes, hash browns, French fries, rice, or beans matched by 50g of available carbohydrate) and meal skipping will be examined. On six separate mornings, one of the meals or no meal will be provided in a random order upon their arrival. Blood glucose, subjective appetite, and mood will be measured at baseline, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption. Cognitive performance will be measured using an immediate and delayed word recall test, and two to three executive function tasks at 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: October 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 9 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be between 9 and 14 years of age

• be healthy, and have been born at term

• be a native English speaker

• not be taking any medications

• not have allergies to potatoes, rice, or beans.

• normal body weight (between the 5th and 85th BMI percentile for age and gender)

• OW/OB (>85th BMI percentile for age and gender)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Food sensitivities, allergies, or dietary restrictions

• Health, learning, emotional, or behaivoural problems

• Receiving any medications

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Ability, General

Intervention

Other:
• Meal Skipping
No meal
• French fries
50g of available carbohydrates meal
• Mashed potatoes
50g of available carbohydrates meal
• Hash browns
50g of available carbohydrates meal
• Rice
50g of available carbohydrates meal
• Beans
50g of available carbohydrates meal

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	School of Nutrition, Ryerson University	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ryerson University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cognitive performance	Participants will participate in a battery of tests that include two learning and memory tasks and two attention tasks at 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption.	10, 30, 60, 120, 180 minutes after meal consumption
Secondary	Blood glucose response	Blood will be collected at baseline, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption to observe glycemic responses to 50g available carbohydrates from mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, French fries, rice, or beans	Baseline, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption
Secondary	Subjective Appetite and Mood	Participants will complete subjective ratings on appetite (e.g., desire to eat, hunger, fullness) and mood (e.g. anger, happiness, excitement, sleepiness) at baseline, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption.	Baseline, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after meal consumption