Sedentary Screen Time Activities on Food Intake

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Exogenous Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Television Viewing before mealtime; Behavioral: Sitting quietly; Behavioral: Video Game Playing; Behavioral: Computer Use

• Registration Number: NCT01750177
• Lead Sponsor: Toronto Metropolitan University

Brief Summary

The purpose is to investigate the effect of sedentary screen time activities on food intake and subjective appetite in 9- to 14-year old normal weight and overweight/obese girls. The investigators hypothesize that pre-meal exposure to screen time activities for 45 minutes increases subjective appetite and food intake at the next meal. Food intake will be measured immediately following screen-time exposure, and subjective appetite measured throughout the study period at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 75 minutes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-12-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2012-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 31

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy girls with no emotional, behavioral or learning problems

Exclusion Criteria

• boys

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Television Viewing	Television Viewing before mealtime	Television viewing before mealtime
Sitting Quietly	Sitting quietly	Sitting Quietly before mealtime
Video Game Playing	Video Game Playing	Video Game Playing before mealtime
Computer Use	Computer Use	Computer Use before mealtime

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food Intake (kcal)	measured at 45 minutes after the treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective appetite	0-75 minutes	Subjective appetite (in mm) determined by visual analogue scale

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

School of Nutrition, Ryerson University; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Department of Applied Human Nutrition; 🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada