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Role of Dietary Protein on Satiety, Food Intake and Thermic Effect of Food

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Overweight
Obesity
Registration Number
NCT02200796
Lead Sponsor
Toronto Metropolitan University
Brief Summary

Objectives: To determine the effect of protein content of familiar breakfast meals on subjective appetite, food intake (FI), glycemic response and Thermic Effect of Food (TEF) in normal weight (NW) and overweight (OW)/obese (OB) children.

Specific Objectives:

1a.To determine the effect of familiar breakfast meals (450 kcal containing eggs and varying in protein content (15, 30, and 45g) on subjective appetite, glycemic response and food intake at a test meal 4 h later in NW and. OW/OB children.

1b. To describe the effect of isocaloric (450 kcal) familiar breakfasts either high in protein (optimal protein from Objective 1a) or low in protein on TEF and substrate utilization over 5 h in NW and OW/OB children.

Detailed Description

Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that increasing the high-quality protein content of a breakfast meal will dose dependently increase subjective satiety, lower FI and glycemic response, and increase the TEF in both NW and OW/OB children.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
17
Inclusion Criteria
  • Boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14 y
  • Only peri-pubertal girls
  • Normal body weight (between the 5th and 85th BMI percentile for age and gender)
  • OW/OB (>85th BMI percentile for age and gender)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Food sensitivities
  • Food allergies
  • Dietary restrictions
  • Health, learning, emotional or behavioural problems
  • On any medication

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1a) Ad libitum food intake (in kcal)Four hours after breakfast
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1b) The thermic effect of a high versus low protein mealResting energy expenditure (REE) at baseline and up to five hours post test meal

REE will be determined by indirect calorimetry under a ventilated hood (ParvoMedics TrueOne 2400 automated metabolic gas analysis system, Parvo Medics, USA)

Subjective AppetiteAssessed every 15 min for 4 h
Blood glucose responseMeasures at 15, or 60 min intervals for 4 h

Finger prick capillary blood glucose (in mmol/L) at baseline, after breakfast (30 min), at 60 min, and in 1h intervals onward

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ryerson University, FIRST Labaratory. 350 Victoria Street

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ryerson University, FIRST Labaratory. 350 Victoria Street
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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