Eating BehaviorNCT03700931
Influence of Episodic Memory on Healthy Eating
A study testing Eating recall condition and Non-eating recall condition in people with Eating Behavior, run by Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico at 1 site in Mexico.
Trial summary
The present research project investigates if recall of recent eating episodes enhances consumption of fruits and vegetables Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 25 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Eating Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Eating recall condition and Non-eating recall condition
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteMexico
- Study dates
- 20 Aug 2018to 31 Jul 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 25 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Age 18-25 years old
- Body mass index within ranges of healthy weight and overweight or slight obesity (18.5 to 24.9 and 25.0 to 34.9 kilograms divided by squared height)
Who cannot join
- Fruit hypersensibility
- Vegetable hypersensibility
- Chronic ill health
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Mexico1 site
Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Médicas
Toluca, State of Mexico, 50130
About this study
Official title: Episodic Memory Influence on Fruit/Vegetable Consumption in Young Adults With Healthy or Unhealthy Weight
The present research project investigates if recall of recent eating episodes enhances consumption of fruits and vegetables
Read the detailed description
Episodic memory is the capacity to remember past autobiographic events, including eating episodes. Recalling a previous meal decreases the amount eaten in a subsequent snack occasion.
Recall of recent eating episodes could alert individuals about the relationship between their eating behaviour and wellbeing. This is supported by the observation in slimming trials that participants who keep a food diary lose more weight than those who do not record their intake.
Lab experiments have focused on the effect of eating episodic memory on later intake of unhealthy food. However, less is known about the effect on intake of healthy food. Increasing consumption of food that contains nutritious elements like fruit could protect against chronic disease. If eating episodic memory would increase intake of healthy food, this would benefit individuals' health.
The aim of the present between-subjects experiment is to test the influence of memory of recent eating episodes on fruit and vegetable consumption. The interest is to assess differences in amount of fruit/vegetables eaten in each of two conditions: (i) after a recall of eating episodes of the day before and (ii) after recall of activities of the day before excluding eating episodes. The hypothesis is that fruit/vegetable consumption after recalling eating episodes would be higher than after recalling non-eating related activities.
The project will consist of four individual studies varying weight status of participants and test food: i) Female with healthy weight, and fruit as test food; ii) Female with healthy weight, and vegetable as test food; iii) Female with unhealthy weight, and fruit as test food; and iv) Female with unhealthy weight, and vegetable as test food.
- Conditions
- Eating Behavior
- Being tested
- Eating recall condition, Non-eating recall condition
- Keywords
- Episodic memory, Eating episodes, Fruit and vegetable intake
- Medical subject headings
- Feeding Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Eating recall conditionBehavioural
Also called Cognitive approaches for eating behaviour
Recall of eating episodes would increase subsequent intake of fruit or vegetable items
Non-eating recall conditionBehavioural
Recall of non-eating episodes would not influence subsequent intake of fruit or vegetable items
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Eating recall condition | Experimental | Participants receive a questionnaire asking them to write down what they ate the day before at breakfast, between breakfasts and lunch, at lunch, between lunch and dinner, at dinner, and after dinner, reporting for each episode the foods and drinks consumed, place, time of the day and people present (10). Receives: Behavioral: Eating recall condition |
| Non-eating recall condition | Active comparator | Participants receive a questionnaire asking them to write down their school, homework (assignment), study, or work-related activities, two at morning, two at afternoon and two at night, of the day before reporting the name of each activity, place, time of the day and people present. Receives: Behavioral: Non-eating recall condition |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Fruit or vegetable intake
Amount eaten in grams
Measured: One-session intervention, an average of 30 min.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Oct 2018
- Study start20 Aug 2018
- Primary completion5 Oct 2018
- Study completion31 Jul 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Eating BehaviorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The participants are allocated to one of the two conditions (experimental or control condition) of the study in a randomised sequence.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Antonio Laguna Camacho, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
- Investigators
- Antonio Laguna Camacho, PhD, Principal investigator, CICMED. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03700931
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- COFEPRIS 15CI1506014 2018/06
- Status last verified
- Aug 2022
- First submitted
- 4 Oct 2018
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Information about the study is available at the OSF platform
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Aug 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Episodic Memory Influence on Fruit/Vegetable Consumption in Young Adults With Healthy or Unhealthy Weight
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03700931
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- COFEPRIS 15CI1506014 2018/06
- Conditions
- Eating Behavior
- Keywords
- Episodic memory, Eating episodes, Fruit and vegetable intake
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma del Estado de MexicoUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 20 Aug 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 5 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Jul 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The present research project investigates if recall of recent eating episodes enhances consumption of fruits and vegetables
Detailed description
Episodic memory is the capacity to remember past autobiographic events, including eating episodes. Recalling a previous meal decreases the amount eaten in a subsequent snack occasion.
Recall of recent eating episodes could alert individuals about the relationship between their eating behaviour and wellbeing. This is supported by the observation in slimming trials that participants who keep a food diary lose more weight than those who do not record their intake.
Lab experiments have focused on the effect of eating episodic memory on later intake of unhealthy food. However, less is known about the effect on intake of healthy food. Increasing consumption of food that contains nutritious elements like fruit could protect against chronic disease. If eating episodic memory would increase intake of healthy food, this would benefit individuals' health.
The aim of the present between-subjects experiment is to test the influence of memory of recent eating episodes on fruit and vegetable consumption. The interest is to assess differences in amount of fruit/vegetables eaten in each of two conditions: (i) after a recall of eating episodes of the day before and (ii) after recall of activities of the day before excluding eating episodes. The hypothesis is that fruit/vegetable consumption after recalling eating episodes would be higher than after recalling non-eating related activities.
The project will consist of four individual studies varying weight status of participants and test food: i) Female with healthy weight, and fruit as test food; ii) Female with healthy weight, and vegetable as test food; iii) Female with unhealthy weight, and fruit as test food; and iv) Female with unhealthy weight, and vegetable as test food.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The participants are allocated to one of the two conditions (experimental or control condition) of the study in a randomised sequence.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Eating recall condition | Experimental | Behavioral: Eating recall conditionParticipants receive a questionnaire asking them to write down what they ate the day before at breakfast, between breakfasts and lunch, at lunch, between lunch and dinner, at dinner, and after dinner, reporting for each episode the foods and drinks consumed, place, time of the day and people present (10). |
| Non-eating recall condition | Active comparator | Behavioral: Non-eating recall conditionParticipants receive a questionnaire asking them to write down their school, homework (assignment), study, or work-related activities, two at morning, two at afternoon and two at night, of the day before reporting the name of each activity, place, time of the day and people present. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 25 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Age 18-25 years old
- Body mass index within ranges of healthy weight and overweight or slight obesity (18.5 to 24.9 and 25.0 to 34.9 kilograms divided by squared height)
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Fruit hypersensibility
- Vegetable hypersensibility
- Chronic ill health
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Eating recall conditionAlso: Cognitive approaches for eating behaviourRecall of eating episodes would increase subsequent intake of fruit or vegetable items | Behavioural | Eating recall condition |
| Non-eating recall conditionRecall of non-eating episodes would not influence subsequent intake of fruit or vegetable items | Behavioural | Non-eating recall condition |
Primary outcome
Fruit or vegetable intake
Time frame: One-session intervention, an average of 30 min.
Amount eaten in grams
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Aug 2022.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Information about the study is available at the OSF platform
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Antonio Laguna Camacho, PhD principal investigator
CICMED. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Eating recall condition and Non-eating recall condition in people with Eating Behavior, run by Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico at 1 site in Mexico.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Aug 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Mexico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Fruit or vegetable intake (time frame: One-session intervention, an average of 30 min.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Aug 2022.