Sedentary Screen Time Activities on Food Intake

Toronto Metropolitan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exogenous Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Sitting quietly; Behavioral: Video Game Playing; Behavioral: Television Viewing before mealtime; Behavioral: Computer Use

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01750177

REB 2012-120-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to investigate the effect of sedentary screen time activities on food intake and subjective appetite in 9- to 14-year old normal weight and overweight/obese girls. The investigators hypothesize that pre-meal exposure to screen time activities for 45 minutes increases subjective appetite and food intake at the next meal. Food intake will be measured immediately following screen-time exposure, and subjective appetite measured throughout the study period at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 75 minutes.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy girls with no emotional, behavioral or learning problems

Exclusion criteria

• boys

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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31 participants in 4 patient groups

Television Viewing

Experimental group

Description:

Television viewing before mealtime

Treatment:

Behavioral: Television Viewing before mealtime

Video Game Playing

Experimental group

Description:

Video Game Playing before mealtime

Treatment:

Behavioral: Video Game Playing

Computer Use

Experimental group

Description:

Computer Use before mealtime

Treatment:

Behavioral: Computer Use

Sitting Quietly

Experimental group

Description:

Sitting Quietly before mealtime

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sitting quietly