The Effect of Changing the Eating Speed on Energy Intake (EatSpeed)

Texas Christian University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Oral Intake Reduced

Treatments: Behavioral: Fast eating condition; Behavioral: Slow eating condition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01684553

F10-39

Details and patient eligibility

About

It was hypothesized that eating a meal slowly would lead to a lower meal energy intake and lesser feelings of hunger and desire to eat and higher levels of fullness after the meal compared to eating the same meal more quickly.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women ages 19-65 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2),
• dieting,
• taking medications that affect appetite,
• participating in > 150 min/wk of vigorous physical activity,
• smoking,
• drinking heavily (men: > 14 alcoholic drinks/wk; women: > 7 alcoholic drinks/wk),
• self-reported disordered eating,
• depression,
• type 1 or 2 diabetes,
• adrenal disease, or
• untreated thyroid disease.

Trial design

70 participants in 2 patient groups

Slow eating condition

Experimental group

Description:

The subjects were asked to eat their meal slowly during the slow eating condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: Slow eating condition

Fast eating condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

The subjects were asked to eat their meal quickly during the fast eating condition

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fast eating condition