The Effect of Television Watching on Liking of Food

NCT02505490 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UTK IRB-15-02352-XP
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of television viewing on liking of food.

Conditions

Hunger

Keywords

Lunch; Television; Macaroni and Cheese; Salad tossed in dressing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Effect of Television Watching on Liking of Food via Visual Analog Scale

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

No Television

EXPERIMENTAL

The purpose is to determine whether a change in liking of food will occur with a lack of television.

Other: No Television

Television

EXPERIMENTAL

The purpose is to determine whether a change in liking of food will occur while watching television.

Other: Television

Interventions

Television OTHER

The purpose is to determine whether television impacts liking of food.

Television

No Television OTHER

The purpose is to determine whether the lack of television impacts liking of food.

No Television

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Between the ages of 18 and 35 years
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 kg/m2 and 24.9 kg/m2
• Unrestrained eater (≤ 12 on the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire \[TFEQ-R\])
• Report a favorable preference for foods served in the meal including: macaroni and cheese and salad (dressing will be chosen by the participant via initial phone screen), participants must rate each food item ≥ 3 during phone screen and ≥ 50 on a visual analogue scale (VAS) during the initial screening session
• Regularly eat a meal before 10:00 am
• Are able to complete all sessions within eight weeks of the screening session
• Report being a non-smoker
• Are not taking medications that affect appetite or food intake
• Are not pregnant or breastfeeding
• Are not on a dietary plan or have dietary restrictions that prevent consumption of certain types and/or amounts of food

You may not qualify if:

• Binge eating; and/or
• Athletes in training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Television

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Audiovisual Aids; Educational Technology; Technology; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• Rachel Rosenthal, BS

  The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2015
• First Posted: July 22, 2015
• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2017
• Study Completion: July 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 5, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04

Locations

US (1)