Sugars-containing Beverage and Food Intake in Children

Toronto Metropolitan University15 enrolled

Overview

The purpose is to determine the effect of sugars in solution on food intake and subjective appetite in 9- to 14-year-old normal weight boys. The investigators hypothesize that food intake after all sugars-containing solutions will be decreased in comparison to the control solution, with similar reductions in FI between high-fructose corn syrup -55 (HFCS-55) and sucrose. Food intake will be measured 60 minutes after consumption of 50g of HFCS-55, sucrose or glucose, or a control treatment. Subjective appetite will be measured at 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Interventions

water with SucraloseDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

water with HFCSDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

water with glucoseDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

water with sucroseDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 9 YearsMax age: 14 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy, boy, born at full term and normal birth weight Exclusion Criteria: * Girl, on restricted diet, taking medication that affect appetite or food intake, have significant learning, behavioral, or emotional difficulties

Locations (1)

Department of Applied Human Nutrition

Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Food intake (kcal)

Time frame: measured at 60 minutes after the treatment

Secondary Outcomes

Subjective appetite (mm)

Subjective appetite (in mm) by visual analogue scale will be determined at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes.

Time frame: 0-90 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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