Effect of Television Viewing and Exercise on Appetite, Satiety, and Food Intake in Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: TV viewing; Behavioral: Exercise; Behavioral: Sitting quietly

• Registration Number: NCT02199119
• Lead Sponsor: Toronto Metropolitan University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of 30 min TV viewing with or without simultaneous moderate exercise using a treadmill on subsequent subjective appetite, satiation, and food intake in normal weight 9 to 14 year old children. It is hypothesized that TV viewing during exercise immediately before mealtime affects food intake regulation through its effect on the control of appetite and satiation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-10
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-07-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-24
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• overall healthy, normal weight (between the 5th and 85th BMI percentile for age and gender) 9 to 14 year old boys and girls (peripubertal) born at term and at a normal birth weight, and does not receive any medications

Exclusion Criteria

• significant learning, behavioral, or emotional difficulties, restricted diet, food allergies to test treatments

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
TV viewing only	TV viewing	watching TV for 30 min
Exercise only	Exercise	exercising for 30 min
Control	Sitting quietly	Sitting quietly for 30 min No TV No exercise
TV viewing and Exercise	TV viewing	30 min of moderate exercise on a treadmill while watching TV
TV viewing and Exercise	Exercise	30 min of moderate exercise on a treadmill while watching TV

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food Intake kcal	30 min after end of treatment	food is weighed pre and post consumption

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective appetite and satiation in mm	measured at time 0, 15, 30, and 60 min	Subjective appetite determined by visual analogue scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

FIRST Lab, Ryerson University; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada