NCT05309941

The Effects of External Cues Versus Internal Cues Messaging on Heart Rate Variability and Affect

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Delaware · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will assess the effects of External Cues focused messaging (i.e., government recommendations of MyPlate) compared to Internal Cues focused messaging (i.e., intuitive eating). The investigators will collect data on within-person changes in psychological (e.g. affect) and physiological (e.g. heart rate variability) outcomes in female college students. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study conditions. In condition one, participants will view a five-minute video focusing on traditional nutrition education principles. In condition two, participants will view a five-minute video focusing on intuitive eating principles.

Conditions

• Dietetics
• Diet, Healthy
• Nutrition Therapy
• Affect
• Autonomic Nervous System

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Internal Cues Nutrition Messaging	Participants will view a 5 minute nutrition education video focused on intuitive eating principles.
OTHER	External Cues Nutrition Messaging	Participants will view a 5 minute nutrition education video focused on traditional nutrition education principles such as label reading.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-20
• Primary completion: 2022-12-20
• Completion: 2022-12-20
• First posted: 2022-04-04
• Last updated: 2023-10-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States