NCT01750177

Sedentary Screen Time Activities on Food Intake

Effect of Sedentary Screen Time Activities Before a Meal on Food Intake in Girls

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Toronto Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 9 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose is to investigate the effect of sedentary screen time activities on food intake and subjective appetite in 9- to 14-year old normal weight and overweight/obese girls. The investigators hypothesize that pre-meal exposure to screen time activities for 45 minutes increases subjective appetite and food intake at the next meal. Food intake will be measured immediately following screen-time exposure, and subjective appetite measured throughout the study period at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 75 minutes.

Conditions

• Exogenous Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Television Viewing before mealtime
BEHAVIORAL	Video Game Playing
BEHAVIORAL	Computer Use
BEHAVIORAL	Sitting quietly

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-08-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2012-12-17
• Last updated: 2012-12-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada