Energy Dense Caloric Intake, Nutrient Dense Caloric Intake, Total Caloric Intake
Conditions
Keywords
social influence, friends, eating behavior, childhood overweight
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University at Buffalo
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Boys and girls ages 9-15 * Between 15th and 95th BMI percentile for their age
Exclusion criteria
* 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.
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed