Effect of Liking on Fruit Intake

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

First Received: December 18, 2007 Last Updated: January 14, 2009 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	The Miriam Hospital No funding source
Information provided by:	The Miriam Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00580541

Purpose

Increased dietary variety has been shown to increase intake in animals, as well as humans, as compared to a diet or meal composed of one food. While most studies investigating dietary variety have focused on energy-dense foods (i.e., snack foods) and have emphasized the negative component that variety has on intake, very little research has been conducted with variety to determine if this food characteristic can be used to increase consumption of healthy foods (i.e., fruits). We hypothesize that increasing variety of fruits provided in an eating bout will lead to increased intake of these foods. Therefore, the aim of this investigation is to test the environmental factor of variety on fruit intake in males and females aged 18 to 45 years.

Condition	Intervention
Intake of Fruit	Behavioral: variety

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Open Label, Crossover Assignment

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Diets

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by The Miriam Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

fruit intake [ Time Frame: 5 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	30
Study Start Date:	August 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2009

Intervention Details:

variety and nonvariety

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 45 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Non-smoking
Non-obese
Unrestrained males and females

Exclusion Criteria:

Health condition or use medications that influence food intake
Require specialized diet therapy
Following a weight loss diet, an athlete, or pregnant or breastfeeding
Have allergies or aversions to foods used in study
Report being a binge eater

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00580541

Locations

United States, Rhode Island
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Sponsors and Collaborators

The Miriam Hospital

No funding source

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Hollie Raynor, PhD

University of Tennessee

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Univeristy of Tennessee ( Hollie Raynor, Ph.D., R.D. )
Study ID Numbers:	2023-07
Study First Received:	December 18, 2007
Last Updated:	January 14, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00580541 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 02, 2009