Ultra-Processed Foods and Executive Function

Oklahoma State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diet Habit

Treatments: Behavioral: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06518863

IRB-23-322-STW

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine potential effects of a diet characterized by UPF on hunger-related hormones and executive function. It entails a two-arm, crossover, randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged 18-55
• Willing to consume an entirely ultra-processed and entirely unprocessed diet for 3 days each (6 days in total)

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic disease that interferes with study-related activities
• Special diet that limits adherence to the intervention diets
• Visual impairment not corrected by glasses/contacts
• Pregnant or lactating

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultra-processed foods

Experimental group

Description:

Participants are instructed to consume only ultra-processed foods for 3 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education

Unprocessed foods

Experimental group

Description:

Participants are instructed to consume only unprocessed foods for 3 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education