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Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Impulsive Food Choice

NCT02930642 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2020-03-04

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Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the relations among food insecurity status, obesity, and impulsive food choice patterns and to test the extent to which a mindful eating strategy reduces impulsive choice for food. The central hypothesis is that food-insecure individuals will demonstrate more impulsive food choice patterns and demonstrate a greater likelihood of obesity than individuals who are food secure. Two specific aims are proposed:

Specific aim #1: Determine the relation between food insecurity, obesity, and impulsive food choice patterns in women. The working hypothesis is that food-insecure individuals, especially those that are obese, will exhibit more impulsive food choice patterns than food-secure individuals.

Specific aim #2: Determine the efficacy of an extended mindfulness-based eating strategy on impulsive choice patterns among food insecure women. The working hypothesis is that mindful eating will reduce impulsive food choice patterns relative to baseline and control conditions, and will persist to follow-up. The investigators expect mindful eating to reduce impulsive choice compared to control conditions, despite food security status.

Conditions

  • Feeding Behavior
  • Obesity
  • Impulsivity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Eating

Mindful eating is a behavioral strategy in which food is eaten slowly, with deliberate and focused attention on the features of food, the process of eating, and physiological responses to eating. Objectivity is key.

OTHER

Nutrition DVD

Participants watch a 50 minute video on nutrition to control for verbal aspects of food.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Idaho State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erin Rasmussen, PhD · Idaho State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-03
Completion
2020-03-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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