The Presence of Friends Increases Food Intake in Youth

Completed

Conditions studied: Total Caloric Intake, Nutrient Dense Caloric Intake, Energy Dense Caloric Intake

In brief

Participants will be matched with either their friend or an unfamiliar peer who is the same gender and about the same age. Participants will have 45 minutes of free-play in an experimental room where they will have free access to energy-dense and nutrient-dense foods and an assortment of games and puzzles. The investigators predict that participants eating with a friend will eat significantly more than participants eating with an unfamiliar peer. The investigators also predict that overweight participants eating with an overweight partner will eat significantly more than participants eating with a non overweight participant.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00874055

Run by

University at Buffalo

People needed

72

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2008-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-04-02

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Boys and girls ages 9-15
• Between 15th and 95th BMI percentile for their age

You may not qualify if…

• Sickness, psychopathology or developmental disabilities
• Participant has a cold or upper respiratory distress
• Food allergies to the study food
• Participant is on medication or has a medical condition that could influence taste, appetite or olfactory sensory responsiveness.

Where it is running

• University at Buffalo, Division of Behavioral Medicine — Buffalo, New York, United States

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