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Energy Regulation and Nutritional Status of Children: A Satiation Study

NCT05346549 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2024-01-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is study among children attending child welfare clinics in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The investigators want to find out if moderately malnourished children regulate the food energy intake similarly to healthy children, using an established method to assess energy compensation.

Conditions

  • Underweight
  • Stunting
  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

High energy preload

Tests the extent to which participants reduce their food intake at a meal following ingestion of a high energy preload drink.

BEHAVIORAL

Low energy preload

Tests the amount participants eat at a meal following ingestion of a low energy preload drink

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Glasgow

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Stirling

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Ghana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eunice Nortey · University of Ghana

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-02
Primary Completion
2023-07-31
Completion
2023-10-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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