Video Game Playing on Lunch-time Food Intake in Children

Toronto Metropolitan University41 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of video game playing for 30 minutes on food intake and subjective appetite. The investigators hypothesize that video game playing will affect food intake in children. Food intake will be measured at 30 minutes following a glucose (50g glucose in 250ml of water) or sweetened non-caloric (150mg Sucralose® in 250ml of water) beverage with or without video game playing. Subjective appetite will be measured at 0, 20, 35 and 65 minutes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Exogenous Obesity

Interventions

Glucose BeverageDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Video Game PlayingBEHAVIORAL

Control BeverageDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility

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

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy boys with no emotional, behavioral or learning problems Exclusion Criteria: * girls

Locations (2)

Department of Applied Human Nutrition

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

School of Nutrition, Ryerson University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Food Intake (kcal)

Time frame: at 30 min after the treatment

Secondary Outcomes

Subjective appetite (mm)

Subjective appetite (in mm) determined by visual analogue scale will be determined at 0, 20, 35 and 65 minutes.

Time frame: 0-65 min

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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