Clinical trials: Food Preference
Food Preferences, Genetic Predisposition
Food Choice, Psychological Bias, and Genetic Predisposition
This project aims to assess if food choice is impacted by loss aversion (LA), and if this differs based on genetic predisposition to LA, in a UK healthy cohort.
- Conditions
- Food Preferences, Genetic Predisposition, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT04955002
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Food Preference
Effect of Learning on Vegetable Acceptance by Toddlers
The aim of this study is to understand the formation of food preferences from an early age.
- Trial name
- WP23_HabEat (NCT01910922)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Obesity, Food Preferences
How Altered Gut-Brain-Axis Influences Food Choices: Part 1
Obesity is currently one of the most substantial health burdens. Due to the production of marked and sustained weight loss, bariatric surgery is an increasingly used therapeutic modality to combat obesity and its comorbidities.
- Trial name
- BrainFood (NCT04813003)
- Testing
- Functional Brain Imaging and neurobehavioural tasks
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lia Bally
Water Consumption, Drinking Behavior
Effects of a School-based Intervention to Increase the Water Consumption in Elementary School Children
The purpose of this controlled intervention study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based intervention aiming at increasing the water consumption in elementary school children.
- Trial name
- H2NOE (NCT03852173)
- Testing
- Wasserschulen
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 1,485 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danube University Krems
Food Selection
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Within Versus Across-Category Front-of-Package Lower-Calorie Labelling on Food Demand
The important role that diet plays in health and disease is well established, as is its association with rising rates of obesity-a phenomenon of increasing concern in Singapore.
- Trial name
- NCT04165447
- Testing
- Front-of-pack labeling strategy
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 146 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Obesity, Weight Gain
Effects of Monosodium Glutamate on Energy Balance and Eating Behavior
This study will test whether regular consumption of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) immediately prior to each of the three major meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) inhibits body weight and fat regain following a period of moderate, yet…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NCT01410838
- Testing
- Broth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Obesity
Investigation of the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Taste Reward in Humans
The investigators hypothesize that some of these changes in the reduced appetite after surgery may be due to alterations in taste.
- Trial name
- NCT01531738
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Food Selection, Nutrition
Food Swaps to Improve the Healthfulness and Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Grocery Purchases
The study aims to determine whether viewing health or climate labels (or both) and receiving recommendations for healthier or more climate-friendly swaps (or both) in an online grocery store environment improves the healthfulness…
- Conditions
- Food Selection, Nutrition, Food Preferences, Dietary Habits
- Trial name
- NCT06648226
- Testing
- Health swaps, Climate swaps, Combined health and climate swaps
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy Adult Male, Appetite
Effects of Cold-Water and Cold-Air Exercise on Appetite, Energy Intake, and Food Preference
This study investigated whether exercising in cold environments affects appetite, energy intake, and food preference compared with exercising in thermoneutral conditions.
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult Male, Appetite, Energy Intake
- Trial name
- NCT07681011
- Testing
- Control Condition, Cold-Water Exercise, Thermoneutral Water Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Coventry University
Food Preferences, Eating Behavior
Physiological and Eating-behavioral Responses to Viewing Sensory-specific Food Pictures
The overall objective of the research project is to characterize the consequences of digital food stimuli exposure on eating behavior.
- Conditions
- Food Preferences, Eating Behavior, Psychological
- Trial name
- FOODPIC (NCT05719142)
- Testing
- Picture exposure
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Obesity, Food Selection
Using Single and Combined Nudge Strategies to Promote Healthier Beverage Intake Among College Students
The primary objective of this study was to examine whether three nudging strategies influence beverage consumption behavior among Chinese university students.
- Trial name
- NCT07625969
- Testing
- choice architecture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Individual Difference, Food Sensitivity
Investigating the Influence of Age and Saliva Flow on the Perception of Protein Fortified Foods and Beverages
Brief Summary: This study aims to investigate whether protein fortification of foods and beverages causes mouthdrying and mucoadhesion and whether this is influenced by age and saliva flow.
- Conditions
- Individual Difference, Food Sensitivity, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NCT04302779
- Testing
- Solid Model, Liquid Model
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Reading
Dietary Preferences, Sensory Evaluation
Sensory Evaluation of Chinese Specialty Foods
This project aims at college student consumers, recruiting a certain number of college student volunteers as sensory evaluators, and requiring them to evaluate samples of Babao Congee and deep-fried dough sticks.
- Conditions
- Dietary Preferences, Sensory Evaluation, Healthy Individuals
- Trial name
- NCT06736834
- Testing
- Babao Congee and Youtiao(deep-fried dough sticks) with different cooking conditions
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang University
Bariatric Surgery Candidate, Bariatric Surgical Procedure
Fat Taste Sensory Study
Fat is the most energy dense macronutrient and consuming fat has been positively correlated to obesity. Individuals afflicted with obesity crave fat more frequently, have a higher preference for fatty taste, and consume a higher…
- Trial name
- FaTSS (NCT03540693)
- Testing
- RYGB, SG, LAGB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Data Collection
Assessment of Food Intake Using Both 3D Scanning Method and a Photographic Method
This project aims to develop a new and more accurate method to assess energy intake in the diet by collaborating with Astravis company in Switzerland, integrating image recognition and intelligent applications, to improve the…
- Trial name
- NCT07371559
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ,Chinese Academy of Sciences
Diet Habit, Diet Modification
Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of Two Front-of-pack Nutrition Labels
In efforts to promote a healthy diet, the Singapore Health Promotion Board (HPB) has attempted to use Front-of-Pack (FOP) labelling to supplement traditional nutrition labelling.
- Conditions
- Diet Habit, Diet Modification, Food Selection, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NUSMart NM (NCT03761342)
- Testing
- Multiple Traffic Light Label, Nutri-Score Label
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Hunger, Ingestive Behavior
Hunger and Learning Study in Preschoolers
This prospective random controlled cross-over intervention studies is designed to ascertain if children feel different levels of hunger and fullness before and after eating test meals consisting of high-satiety vs.
- Conditions
- Hunger, Ingestive Behavior, Obesity, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NCT03861208
- Testing
- diet, usual diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Obesity
Considering Patient Diet Preferences to Optimize Weight Loss
Obesity is increasingly common and can lead to decreased quality of life, increased medical and psychiatric illness, high health care costs, and early mortality.
- Trial name
- DietChoice (NCT01152359)
- Testing
- Choice, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Climate Change, Food Preferences
Reshaping Food Choice at University of Michigan
Nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions originate from agriculture. Consumer demand for food, especially carbon-intensive red meats, largely underlies these emissions.
- Trial name
- NCT05131529
- Testing
- Taste-focused labels, Carbon impact labels, Changing default menu options
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,003 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan