NCT01758302

A Pilot Laboratory Study Investigating How Physical Tasks and Hunger Affect Taste Perception

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Miriam Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This one time pilot laboratory study focuses on examining the relationship between different types of physical tasks and taste perception of high and low-calorie foods among hungry individuals.

Conditions

• Food Consumption
• Perseverance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Simple physical task	Participants are asked to complete a 1-time simple physical task that is not challenging nor novel (moving small objects across a room).
BEHAVIORAL	Complex physical task	Participants are asked to complete a 1-time physical task that is low intensity but somewhat complex (involves a novel request to move objects in a way that is challenging and requires some coordination).
OTHER	Cookies	Participants are asked to taste test chocolate chip cookies
OTHER	Vegetables	Participants are asked to taste test raw celery or radishes
BEHAVIORAL	No physical task	As a control, for 2 of the arms, participants are not asked to engage in a physical task

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-01-01
• Last updated: 2013-01-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States