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The Lunch Study: the Combined Effects of Food Texture and Portion Size on Intake

NCT02977273 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2016-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Meal size is strongly influenced by a number of external features of the food environment which can promote over-consumption, such as the availability of palatable energy dense foods and large portion sizes. The current research aimed to investigate whether natural food-based differences in texture could be used to slow down eating rate and reduce intake from large portions.

A four-session randomised crossover study assessed the effect of faster vs. slower eating rate, achieved through manipulating food texture, on ad-libitum consumption (weight and calories) of a meal, alone and in combination with variations in meal portion size (regular vs. large)

Conditions

  • Satiation

Interventions

OTHER

Thin/100% Portion

Thin textured rice meal (ground rice grains) served in a regular portion size (100 %: 700g)

OTHER

Thin/150% Portion

Thin textured rice meal (ground rice grains) served in a larger portion size (150 %: 1050g)

OTHER

Thick/100% Portion

Thick textured rice meal (whole rice grains) served in a regular portion size (100 %: 700g)

OTHER

Thick/150% Portion

Thick textured rice meal (whole rice grains) served in a larger portion size (150 %: 1050g)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Keri McCrickerd, PhD · Clinical Nutrition Research Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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