The Breakfast Study: How Different Aspects of Food Affect Eating
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: UPF breakfast/MPF breakfast, MPF breakfast/UPF breakfast.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Healthy Individuals. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Impact of a Healthy Meal Containing Mostly Ultra-processed Foods Compared to a Healthy Meal With Less-processed Foods on Satiety and Eating Behaviors
Overview
The purpose of this research study is to test how different aspects of food including food processing affect eating behaviors.
Detailed description
The purpose of this project is to begin to address the current gap in research on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and satiety with an acute feeding study that compares nutrient-dense meals containing mostly UPFs or "minimally processed" foods (MPFs) (mostly meaning ≥80% kcal) with similar food types and texture and macronutrient content to assess potential impacts on satiety, eating rate, food palatability, acceptance, and oral processing behaviors.
Interventions
- Other UPF breakfast/MPF breakfast
Participants will be provided with the UPF breakfast during the first study visit and the MPF breakfast during the second study visit - Other MPF breakfast/UPF breakfast
Participants will be provided with the MPF breakfast during the first study visit and the UPF breakfast during the second study visit
Primary outcome measures
- Difference in satiety as determined by visual analogue scales (VAS) [Time frame: Day 1, Day 15]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- do not have restrictive eating practices
- regularly consume breakfast
- able to understand and sign the consent form
- have own transportation to the research center
- not allergic to study foods or unwilling to eat them
- willing to comply with study demands
- able to read and understand English
- available to attend two in-person visits on a weekday and/or Saturday morning from 7:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Exclusion criteria
- taking statins, medication to lower blood pressure, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetes, or weight-loss medications
- pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant
- diagnosed with an eating disorder, hypothyroidism, or cancer
- allergy to study foods or express unwillingness to consume them
- have gained or lost more than 10 pounds in the last 3 months
- regular participants in vigorous endurance or resistance exercise (e.g., marathons, endurance bike races, triathlons, CrossFit, powerlifting)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- USDA ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center — Grand Forks
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07525050 · GFHNRC220