The Effect of Changing the Eating Speed on Energy Intake

Oral Intake Reduced Clinical Trial

— EatSpeed  

Official title:

The Effect of Changing the Eating Speed on Energy Intake: a Randomized Cross-over Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01684553
• Other study ID #: F10-39
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 5, 2012
• Last updated: September 12, 2012
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2012
• Source: Texas Christian University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

It was hypothesized that eating a meal slowly would lead to a lower meal energy intake and lesser feelings of hunger and desire to eat and higher levels of fullness after the meal compared to eating the same meal more quickly.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: May 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 19 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women ages 19-65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe obesity (BMI = 40 kg/m2),

• dieting,

• taking medications that affect appetite,

• participating in > 150 min/wk of vigorous physical activity,

• smoking,

• drinking heavily (men: > 14 alcoholic drinks/wk; women: > 7 alcoholic drinks/wk),

• self-reported disordered eating,

• depression,

• type 1 or 2 diabetes,

• adrenal disease, or

• untreated thyroid disease.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Oral Intake Reduced

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Slow eating condition
The subjects were asked to eat their meal slowly during the slow eating condition
• Fast eating condition
The subjects were asked to eat their meal quickly during the fast eating condition

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Texas Christian University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Meal energy intake		Day 1	No
Primary	Meal energy intake		Day 2	No
Secondary	Hunger questionnaire		0 and 60 min after the meal began	No
Secondary	Fullness questionnaire		0 and 60 min after the meal began	No
Secondary	Desire to eat questionnaire		0 and 60 min after the meal began	No
Secondary	Thirst questionnaire		0 and 60 min after the meal began	No