The Effect of Changing the Eating Speed on Energy Intake

Texas Christian University70 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Oral Intake Reduced

Interventions

Slow eating conditionBEHAVIORAL

The subjects were asked to eat their meal slowly during the slow eating condition

Fast eating conditionBEHAVIORAL

The subjects were asked to eat their meal quickly during the fast eating condition

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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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.

Locations (1)

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Meal energy intake

Time frame: Day 1

Meal energy intake

Time frame: Day 2

Secondary Outcomes

Hunger questionnaire

Time frame: 0 and 60 min after the meal began

Fullness questionnaire

Time frame: 0 and 60 min after the meal began

Desire to eat questionnaire

Time frame: 0 and 60 min after the meal began

Thirst questionnaire

Time frame: 0 and 60 min after the meal began

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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