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Withdrawn Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

The Effects of Beverages on Food Liking

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03579043

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Official title

The Effects of Non-Nutritive Sweeteners on Energy Intake

Brief summary

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The use of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) in replacement of nutritive sweeteners (NS) could be a potential weight loss strategy as it may reduce energy intake. One concern with the replacement of NS with NNS is the risk of caloric compensation after consumption of NNS. Most studies have examined the effect of NNS foods and beverages on energy intake in the short-term (one-day or less), with results suggesting lack of compensation in the very short-term (less than one day), and then compensation, or over compensation, when the NNS products are consumed on one day with measures of energy intake taken over 1 to 2 days (Anton et al., 2010; Lavin et al., 1997; Overduin et al., 2016; Appleton et al., 2007; Piernas et al., 2013). Given these mixed results, it is still not clear if NNS foods and beverages are a beneficial strategy for decreasing energy intake. However most studies have been in lab-based settings, in which participants are consuming provided food at specific times. No study has reported on the effect of NNS foods or beverages consumed over several days and energy intake on these days when participants are in free-living situations. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation is to evaluate how NNS beverage consumption affects energy intake in free-living situations over a span of three days. Through a 3x4 mixed design, participants will be randomized into one of three groups: NNS beverage, NS beverage, or carbonated water (control). Participants will be encouraged to go about their normal daily activities and not change any other aspect except for drink consumption. One baseline and three, 24-hour dietary recalls will be collected over the course of the study to analyze energy intake. The specific aim of this investigation is to determine if caloric compensation occurs during 3-day exposure to NNS beverages.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03579043
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 35 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
May 21, 2018
Primary completion
Sep 29, 2018
Completion
Sep 29, 2018
Last update posted
Nov 19, 2018

2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee 37996

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