Appetite Responses to Cereal Products

General Mills

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satisfaction, Consumer

Treatments: Other: Ready to Eat Cereal

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05855837

2023/03/21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate appetite responses to 2 cereal products in healthy adults.

Enrollment: 228 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults 18-70 years old
• Habitual cereal consumers (at least several times per month)
• Body mass index 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 (based on self-reported weight and height
• Understand and willing to follow the study procedures
• Willing to drink skim milk
• Willing to maintain habitual diet, physical activity pattern, and body weight throughout the study
• Willing to abstain from strenuous exercise and consuming alcoholic drinks 24 hours before the test day
• Willing to provide Informed Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant during the study
• Known food allergies, sensitivities, or intolerance to any food or food ingredients
• Participation in another clinical trial for food, investigational drug, nutritional supplement, or lifestyle modification
• Taking medication(s) that affect appetite, metabolism or blood pressure
• Presence of acute diseases or infection
• Presence or history of chronic diseases
• Diagnosed with an eating disorder
• Restraint eaters as determined by score >4 from the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire
• Lost or gained 5 or more pounds in the past 3 months
• On a weight loss diet or undergoing intermittent fasting
• COVID-19 infection within the past 3 months
• Subjects who do not eat cereal products

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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228 participants in 3 patient groups

Cereal Product 1

Experimental group

Description:

Ready to Eat Cereal Product 1 with 6 oz of skim milk

Treatment:

Other: Ready to Eat Cereal

Cereal Product 2

Experimental group

Description:

Ready to Eat Cereal Product 2 with 6 oz of skim milk

Treatment:

Other: Ready to Eat Cereal

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention (i.e., no food provided)