Influence of Smartphone use and Masticatory Behavior on food intake
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Registration Number
- RBR-7mthsd
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Lavras - UFLA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteers; both genders; non smokers; age between 18 and 30 years; who thought they had a habit of using their cell phone while they were feeding
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals who reported food restriction of any kind (e.g. diet or specific feeding behavior for athletes)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method increased caloric intake with distraction; verified by the difference in weight of the food supplied before and after each experimental session; from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in measurements between sessions ;People ate more while using smartphones than without distraction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Poor masticatory performance increase food ingestion;Masticatory parameters did not interfere on caloric intake