Evaluation of the Effect of Sensory Imagination on Choice of Food Portion Size in School-aged Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 82
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- portion size
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this intervention is to evaluate the effect of sensory imagination (i.e., imagining the sensory properties of an object) on the choice of food portion size in school-aged children. Previous research showed that it may help children to choose smaller portion size. The investigators would like to assess whether this effect can be reproduced with two types of food (one with a high energy-density and one with a low energy-density), and in older children.
详细描述
School-aged children (8-11 years old) will be included in their usual schools to participate in an afternoon snack, organised according to regular arrangements, during two days separated by one week. On each day, the participants will receive a choice of three portion sizes of a food (small, medium, large), and will be asked to chose one of these portions and to eat it for snack. On one day, the high energy-density food will be offered; and on the other day, the low energy-density food. This will be counterbalanced across participants. Moreover, two groups of children will be constituted: the first group, the control group, will have to perform a sensory imagination task about neutral facts. The second group, the "food sensory imagination" group, will have to perform a sensory imagination task foods.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Children will not be aware about the type of comparison that will be made with the data; and they will not be aware in which group they will participate in.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- •Children with food allergies
- •Children who dislike experimental foods
研究组 & 干预措施
Control
This group of children, will have to perform a sensory imagination task about neutral facts before choosing the portion size of a food.
Food sensory imagination
This group, the "food sensory imagination" group, will have to perform a sensory imagination task foods (being the intervention) before choosing the portion size of a food.
干预措施: Sensory imagination about foods (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
portion size
时间窗: The measure for the two foods will be conducted one week apart
choice of a portion size among three sizes (small, medium, large), for two different foods
次要结局
未报告次要终点