The effects of snack consumption during two months on body weight
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Obesity, overweightNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesity
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11886432
- Lead Sponsor
- Wageningen University (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
2010 results in https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.243 (added 03/06/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 82
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age: 18 - 35 years
2. Body mass index (BMI): 18.5 - 23 kg/m^2
3. Healthy men and women
Exclusion Criteria
1. Weight change of greater than 1 kg in last three months
2. Smoking
3. Following an energy restricted diet during the last six months
4. Gastro-intestinal diseases
5. Diabetes, thyroid diseases, or any other endocrine disorders
6. Lack of appetite for any (unknown) reason
7. Restraint eating (men: score greater than 2.26; women: score greater than 2.80 on Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ), norm table of 2005)
8. Participation in a different study, performed by the Department of Human Nutrition
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in weight after two months of intervention. The change in weight will be compared between the 4 groups. Body weight is assessed in week 1 and in week 8 on a digital scale to the nearest 0.01 kg. Body weight is also assessed twice a week during the 8 weeks of intervention to keep track of changes over time.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Observed energy intake on two days in week 1 and on two days in week 8<br> 2. Body composition assessed with air displacement plethysmography on one morning in week 1 and on one morning in week 8<br> 3. Level of physical activity is assessed on 7 days in week 1 and 7 days in week 8 by means of an activity diary and by a pedometer<br>