The Effect of Dairy and Non-Dairy Snacks on Food Intake, Subjective Appetite in Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Food; Eating; Appetite
• Interventions: Other: Potato chips; Other: Greek yogurt; Other: Cookies; Other: Milk; Other: Cheese

• Registration Number: NCT02484625
• Lead Sponsor: Mount Saint Vincent University

Brief Summary

Dairy products have the potential to be healthy snack foods for children and are provided in a variety of food matrices. For instance, milk represents a fluid product, yogurt can be classified as a semi-solid food, and finally, cheese is the example of solid food. This experiment is aimed to examine the effect of dairy products with different food matrices on satiety and food intake in children. Dairy products will be compared with other non-dairy snacks popular among children including cookies and potato chips.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-06-26
• Study First Posted: 2015-06-29
• Primary Completion: 2017-08
• Study Completion: 2017-08
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Born at full-term within the normal weight range
• 9-14 year old

Exclusion Criteria

• Food sensitivities or allergies,
• Dietary restrictions,
• Health, learning, emotional or behavioural problems
• Receiving medication

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Potato chips	Potato chips	Commercial potato chips, 180 kcal
Greek yogurt	Greek yogurt	Greek yogurt, 180 kcal
Cookies	Cookies	Sandwich-type cookies, 180 kcal
Milk (fluid)	Milk	Milk, 2% m.f., 180 kcal
Cheese	Cheese	Mozzarella cheese, 180 kcal

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food intake (grams and kcal) measured with a test meal	120 min	The amount of energy (kcal) consumed ad libitum with the test meal (pizza lunch) two hours later.
Subjective appetite measured with Visual Analogue Scales	0-120 min	The subjective assessment of appetite parameters including a desire to eat, fullness, hunger and a prospective food consumption measured with 100 mm Visual Analogue Scales with two opposite statements at each end (e.g., for the hunger scale, 0 mm means not hungry at all, and 100 mm means very hungry).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cortisol	0-120 min	The concentration of salivary cortisol

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mount Saint Vincent University; 🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada