Ultra-Processed Foods - Palatability and Appetite
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Orocecal Transit Time
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how food processing level affects appetite and gastrointestinal transit time when meal palatability is changed. Participants will complete one screening visit and four test visits. During each test visit, participants will consume one of four meals that differ by food processing level and palatability: high-palatability ultra-processed food, low-palatability ultra-processed food, high-palatability non-ultra-processed food, or low-palatability non-ultra-processed food. The main questions this study aims to answer are whether food processing and palatability affect appetite sensations and gastrointestinal transit time. Participants will rate appetite sensations during each test visit and provide breath samples to measure gastrointestinal transit time.
详细描述
This is a randomized crossover trial examining the effects of food processing level and palatability on appetite and gastrointestinal transit time. Participants will complete a screening visit followed by four test visits, with each test visit separated by at least one week. Each participant will consume all four test meals: high-palatability ultra-processed food, low-palatability ultra-processed food, high-palatability non-ultra-processed food, and low-palatability non-ultra-processed food. Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder to the low-palatability meals. During each test visit, participants will consume the assigned test meal containing lactulose as a marker of gastrointestinal transit time. Breath samples will be collected to assess orocecal transit time using hydrogen analysis. Participants will also rate meal palatability and appetite sensations, including hunger, fullness, desire to eat, amount they could eat, and thirst, using visual analog scales during the test visit.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals aged 18 to 60 years.
- •Any sex, gender, or orientation.
- •Self-reported good health.
- •No medication use.
- •No allergies or food sensitivities to any of the foods used in the study.
- •No anticipated change in physical activity during the study period.
- •Willingness to complete all planned study activities, including the screening visit and four test visits.
- •At screening, participants must rate the selected high-palatability foods between 60 and 90 on a 100-unit visual analog scale, where 100 = extremely palatable.
- •At screening, participants must rate the selected low-palatability foods between 10 and 40 on a 100-unit visual analog scale.
排除标准
- •Younger than 18 years or older than 60 years.
- •Current medication use.
- •Allergies or food sensitivities to any study foods.
- •Not meeting the required palatability rating ranges during screening.
- •Anticipated change in physical activity during the study period.
- •Not self-reporting good health.
- •Unwillingness or inability to complete the planned study activities.
研究组 & 干预措施
Palatable Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a palatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit. The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
干预措施: Palatable Ultra-Processed Food Meal (Other)
Unpalatable Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume an unpalatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit. Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder. The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
干预措施: Unpalatable Ultra-Processed Food Meal (Other)
Palatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a palatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit. The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
干预措施: Palatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food Meal (Other)
Unpalatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a unpalatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit. Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder. The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
干预措施: Unpalatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food Meal (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Orocecal Transit Time
时间窗: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
Orocecal transit time will be assessed using hydrogen analysis of end-alveolar breath samples collected after consumption of each test meal. Each test meal will contain lactulose as a marker of gastrointestinal transit time.
Appetite Sensations
时间窗: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
Appetite sensations, including hunger, fullness, desire to eat, prospective food consumption, and thirst, will be assessed using 100-mm visual analog scales during each test visit after consumption of the assigned test meal every 30 minutes. Each visual analog scale ranges from 0 to 100 mm, with higher scores indicating a greater intensity of the rated sensation. Higher scores are not inherently better or worse outcomes, but reflect greater hunger, fullness, desire to eat, prospective food consumption, or thirst, depending on the item.
Meal Palatability Ratings
时间窗: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
Meal palatability will be assessed using a 100-mm general labeled magnitude scale during each study visit. The scale ranges from 0 to 100 mm, with 0 mm anchored by "most disliked sensation imaginable," 50 mm anchored by "neutral," and 100 mm anchored by "most liked sensation imaginable." Higher scores indicate greater liking of the test meal and therefore a more favorable palatability rating.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Richard Mattes
Distinguished Professor
Purdue University