Oral Processing and Appetite in Older Adults

University of Reading

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appetitive Behaviour; Older Adults; Oral Processing; Food Intake

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05671003

UREC 22/29

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to learn about changes in oral processing and appetite in older adults aged 65+ years old. The main question it aims to answer is if oral processing affects gastric emptying in older adults (≥65 years old).

Full description

• To investigate if food intake and satiety differ between faster and slower eaters, within older adults (≥65 years old).
• To assess if chewing rate, salivary flow rate, oral processing and gastric emptying differ between older adults (≥65 years old) with smaller versus bigger appetites.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 years old or over (no upper age limit);each group will contain an equal number of male and female participants;
• living sufficiently local to attend the two visits needed;
• able to understand and communicate in English language.

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosed dysphagia;
• (recent) oral surgery that significantly affects eating and/or swallowing;
• diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes;
• participant undergoing current treatment for cancer;
• participants with zero natural teeth;
• severe loss of appetite and not able to finish a meal (based on CNAQ) and/or people on special or therapeutic diets that restrict the consumption of a full meal and/or the meals provided;
• not able to provide informed consent as defined by the T-CogS test (participants with T-CogS < 22 will be excluded);
• participants having a pacemaker;
• not able to accept the two meal dishes provided and/or relevant food/ingredient included in the meals allergies or intolerances or aversions;
• not able to feed themselves.