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Effect of Liking on Fruit Intake

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
The Miriam Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00580541
First received: December 18, 2007
Last updated: April 19, 2012
Last verified: December 2007
History of Changes
  Purpose

Increased dietary variety has been shown to increase intake in animals, as well as humans, as compared to a diet or meal composed of one food. While most studies investigating dietary variety have focused on energy-dense foods (i.e., snack foods) and have emphasized the negative component that variety has on intake, very little research has been conducted with variety to determine if this food characteristic can be used to increase consumption of healthy foods (i.e., fruits). We hypothesize that increasing variety of fruits provided in an eating bout will lead to increased intake of these foods. Therefore, the aim of this investigation is to test the environmental factor of variety on fruit intake in males and females aged 18 to 45 years.


Condition Intervention
Intake of Fruit
 Behavioral: variety

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Open Label

Further study details as provided by The Miriam Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • fruit intake [ Time Frame: 5 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 20
Study Start Date: August 2007
Study Completion Date: December 2008
Primary Completion Date: December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Behavioral: variety
    variety and nonvariety
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 45 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Non-smoking
  • Non-obese
  • Unrestrained males and females

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Health condition or use medications that influence food intake
  • Require specialized diet therapy
  • Following a weight loss diet, an athlete, or pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Have allergies or aversions to foods used in study
  • Report being a binge eater
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00580541

Locations
United States, Rhode Island
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
Sponsors and Collaborators
The Miriam Hospital
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Hollie Raynor, PhD University of Tennessee
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: The Miriam Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00580541     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2023-07
Study First Received: December 18, 2007
Last Updated: April 19, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013