Effect of Television Viewing and Exercise on Appetite, Satiety, and Food Intake in Children

Toronto Metropolitan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Sitting quietly; Behavioral: TV viewing; Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02199119

REB 2013-120

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of 30 min TV viewing with or without simultaneous moderate exercise using a treadmill on subsequent subjective appetite, satiation, and food intake in normal weight 9 to 14 year old children. It is hypothesized that TV viewing during exercise immediately before mealtime affects food intake regulation through its effect on the control of appetite and satiation.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• overall healthy, normal weight (between the 5th and 85th BMI percentile for age and gender) 9 to 14 year old boys and girls (peripubertal) born at term and at a normal birth weight, and does not receive any medications

Exclusion criteria

• significant learning, behavioral, or emotional difficulties, restricted diet, food allergies to test treatments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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13 participants in 4 patient groups

Control

Experimental group

Description:

Sitting quietly for 30 min No TV No exercise

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sitting quietly

TV viewing only

Experimental group

Description:

watching TV for 30 min

Treatment:

Behavioral: TV viewing

Exercise only

Experimental group

Description:

exercising for 30 min

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

TV viewing and Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

30 min of moderate exercise on a treadmill while watching TV

Treatment:

Behavioral: TV viewing

Behavioral: Exercise