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How Does Eating Behavior and Hunger in Virtual Reality Meals Compare to Real Meals?

NCT05734209 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2023-02-17

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Summary

Objective: To investigate the differences between eating virtual and real-life meals and test the hypothesis that eating a virtual meal can reduce hunger among healthy women.

Methods: Twenty healthy women will be recruited and partake in a randomized crossover study. The subjects will be asked to eat one introduction meal, two real meals, and two virtual meals, all containing real or virtual meatballs and potatoes. The real meals will be eaten on a plate placed on a scale which communicates with analytical software on a computer. The virtual meals will be eaten in a room, where participants are seated on a real chair in front of a real table, and fitted with the virtual-reality equipment. The eating behavior for both the real and virtual meals will be filmed. Hunger will be measured before and after the meals using questionnaires.

Conditions

  • Hunger

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual food

Virtual food eaten using immersive virtual reality equipment

BEHAVIORAL

Real food

Real food eaten using regular utensils

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Billy S Langlet, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
28 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-03
Primary Completion
2022-06-09
Completion
2022-06-09

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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