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Evaluation of the Effect of Sensory Imagination on Food Portion Size in School-aged Children

NCT03350932 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2018-07-23

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Summary

The objective of this intervention is to evaluate the effect of sensory imagination (i.e., imagining the sensory properties of an object) on the choice of food portion size in school-aged children. Previous research showed that it may help children to choose smaller portion size. The investigators would like to assess whether this effect can be reproduced with two types of food (one with a high energy-density and one with a low energy-density), and in older children.

Conditions

  • Sensory Imagination

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sensory imagination about foods

In both groups, children will be presented with pictures of items. In the control group, the pictures will represent landscapes at different seasons. In the experimental group, the pictures will represent a variety of foods. In the experimental group, based on the pictures representing a variety of foods, children will have to perform a food sensory imagination task before choosing the portion size of a food.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • INSEAD (Institut européen d'administration des affaires)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sophie Nicklaus, PhD · Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-16
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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