The Effect of Plate Size on Food Consumption and Satiety

Eastern Mediterranean University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Food Consumption; Satiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Food consumption using plates with a diameter of 23 cm.; Behavioral: Food consumption using plates with a diameter of 31 cm.; Behavioral: Washout period

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05205798

EMU-ETK00-2020-0242

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of plate size on food consumption and satisfaction levels in healthy women.

Full description

The effect of plate size on food consumption and satisfaction levels in healthy women aged between 19-35 years will be evaluated in this study. In addition to this, the relationship between the amount of food that women eat and their feelings of satisfaction will be evaluated. During the experiment, the individuals will be asked to consume the pasta with sauce which is offered in the open buffet in the amount of their own determination (ad libitum) using different sized (23 cm and 31 cm) plates. The size of the plates that individuals will use on different experimental days was determined randomly.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• having a score of <20 from EAT-26 test,
• not smoking,
• not following any diet,
• not having a diagnosis of any metabolic disease,
• not being color blind,
• not being a professional athlete,
• not using nutritional supplements,
• not having any food allergy,
• not being selective towards certain food.
• not being pregnant or lactating,
• not using any medication that affects appetite and body weight,
• not having the habit of consuming regular main meals.

Exclusion criteria: Failing to meet the inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Participants

Experimental group

Description:

Food consumption using plates with a diameter of 23 cm first then using plates with a diameter of 31 cm

Treatment:

Behavioral: Washout period

Behavioral: Food consumption using plates with a diameter of 31 cm.

Behavioral: Food consumption using plates with a diameter of 23 cm.