Bread Aroma Study

Completed

• Conditions: eetgedrag; eating behavior

• Registration Number: NL-OMON42357
• Lead Sponsor: Wageningen UR; Stichting DLO

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 23 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

* Age: 18-35 years
* BMI: 18.5 * 25.0 kg/m2
* Healthy (as judged by the participant)
* Being right handed
* Willing to comply with the study procedures
* Having given written informed consent
* Successful completion of the training session

Exclusion Criteria

-Restraint eating (women: score > 2.80)
-Lack of appetite
-Not a regular bread eater (<4 times/week)
-Dislike for cookies
-Having difficulties with tasting, smelling, swallowing or eating
-Usage of an energy restricted diet during the last two months (preceding the training
session)
-Weight loss or weight gain of 5 kg or more during two months (preceding the training
session)
-Stomach or bowel diseases
-Diabetes, thyroid disease, kidney disease and other chronical disorders
-Having epilepsy or other neurological disorders
-Having claustrophobia, schizophrenia or another mental illness
-Usage of daily medication other than oral contraceptives, paracetamol or H1-
antihistaminergic drugs
-Pregnancy during the last 6 months, having the intention to become pregnant or lactating
-Smoking on average more than one cigarette/cigar a day
-Being allergic/intolerant for products under study
-Working or doing an internship/thesis at the department Consumer Science & Health of Food & Biobased Research or at the department of Human Nutrition (WUR).
-Current participation in other (medical) research (except the EetMeetWeet study)
-Having a current alcohol consumption of on average more than 21 units per
week
-Having objections against being informed about incidental findings of pathology and against the general physician being informed about incidental findings of pathology
-Having a contra-indication to MRI scanning

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Main study parameters/endpoints: Our main outcome measurement is 1) the change<br /><br>in brain reward response to sight of single breads presented with and without<br /><br>aroma, 2) bread choice behavior with and without aroma and with price<br /><br>information.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1) The difference on explicit liking (ratings on VAS), explicit wanting<br /><br>(ratings on VAS), implicit wanting (reaction time in food choice), and food<br /><br>preference (frequency) as a result of aroma and/or price.<br /><br>2) whether individual differences in reward measured in the cue study affect<br /><br>individual choice behaviour in the choice study. </p><br>