The Effect of Dairy and Non-Dairy Snacks on Food Intake, Subjective Appetite in Children

Mount Saint Vincent University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food; Eating; Appetite

Treatments: Other: Greek yogurt; Other: Cookies; Other: Milk; Other: Cheese; Other: Potato chips

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02484625

2016-130 (Other Identifier)

2011-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dairy products have the potential to be healthy snack foods for children and are provided in a variety of food matrices. For instance, milk represents a fluid product, yogurt can be classified as a semi-solid food, and finally, cheese is the example of solid food. This experiment is aimed to examine the effect of dairy products with different food matrices on satiety and food intake in children. Dairy products will be compared with other non-dairy snacks popular among children including cookies and potato chips.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Born at full-term within the normal weight range
• 9-14 year old

Exclusion criteria

• Food sensitivities or allergies,
• Dietary restrictions,
• Health, learning, emotional or behavioural problems
• Receiving medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 5 patient groups

Potato chips

Experimental group

Description:

Commercial potato chips, 180 kcal

Treatment:

Other: Potato chips

Greek yogurt

Experimental group

Description:

Greek yogurt, 180 kcal

Treatment:

Other: Greek yogurt

Cookies

Experimental group

Description:

Sandwich-type cookies, 180 kcal

Treatment:

Other: Cookies

Cheese

Experimental group

Description:

Mozzarella cheese, 180 kcal

Treatment:

Other: Cheese

Milk (fluid)

Experimental group

Description:

Milk, 2% m.f., 180 kcal

Treatment:

Other: Milk