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theFRESHstudy: FRequency of Eating and Its Influence on Satiety and Health

NCT02392897 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Eating frequency may play an independent role in appetite regulation, overall caloric consumption and measures of long-term health or disease risk. Some literature recommends frequent eating, but pilot data suggest that this type of eating pattern may be harmful to health since it leaves the body in a perpetual fed state and increases systemic inflammation. Therefore, the investigators will conduct a clinical trial in 50 healthy adults to compare a low frequency eating pattern to a high frequency eating pattern in relation to blood-based markers of inflammation, metabolic health and appetite. Study results will be applied to recommendations for eating frequency in the context of an overall healthy diet.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

High Eating Frequency

Free-living participants will complete a 21-day high eating frequency (high EF) Phase in which consume all daily energy at 6 eating occasions.

BEHAVIORAL

Low Eating Frequency

Free-living participants will complete a 21-day low eating frequency (low EF) Phase

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marian Neuhouser, PhD · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2018-12-19
Completion
2018-12-19

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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