NCT00798408

The Body's Response to Food Intake in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: Purdue University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

We propose to critically evaluate the effects of energy-yielding fluids and solids on acute appetite variables, daily food intake, and specific endocrine and metabolic response to food in the elderly. The results of these studies will provide further evidence to support that nutrition may provide safe and effective non-pharmacological therapies to counter the compromised regulation of energy balance experienced by many elderly people.

Conditions

• Elderly

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Fluid Supplement	The fluid food items will contain 25% of each individual's total energy intake estimated from the gender-specific Harris Benedict equation\*1.5 activity factor, volume, and amount and type of macronutrients
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Solid Supplement	The solid food items will contain 25% of each individual's total energy intake estimated from the gender-specific Harris Benedict equation\*1.5 activity factor, volume, and amount and type of macronutrients

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-02-01
• Primary completion: 2007-10-01
• Completion: 2008-01-01
• First posted: 2008-11-26
• Last updated: 2013-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States