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Satiety, Meal Frequency and Nutritional Aspects

Behavioural and Metabolic Consequences of Increasing Eating Frequency

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01573988
Acronym
SAFRAN
Enrollment
37
Registered
2012-04-10
Start date
2010-08-31
Completion date
2012-04-30
Last updated
2012-09-27

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Conditions

Volunteers

Keywords

Nutrition, Eating frequency, Food intake, Eating behavior, Satiety, Ghrelin

Brief summary

In this study, the investigators are interested in assessing the effects of the isocaloric increase of eating frequency on appetite and metabolism. How the consumption of an isocaloric breakfast in four intakes vs. one can modify satiety and appetite control in lean and obese subjects through : * the physiological consequences : difference in postprandial kinetics of glucose, non esterified fatty acid, triglyceride, the secretion of satiety gut hormone (insulin, ghrelin, leptin and cholescystokinine (CCK), peptide YY (PYY), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), nutrients oxidative fate and plasmatic oxidative stress (Malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathion, lipid hydroperoxides) * eating behavior during an ad libitum buffet test meal

Interventions

OTHERIncreasing eating frequency

The subjects receive the same breakfast with two sequences : * breakfast in one intake at 8:00 * breakfast in four isocaloric intakes (8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00) The sequence made twice : one for metabolic study and one for the study of eating behavior The lunch during metabolic study is a standard meal The lunch during behavioural study is an ad libitum buffet test meal. The administration order is determined by randomized allocation. The wash-out period is one to three weeks. There are not diet or exercise interventions.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
20 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* No smokers * BMI 20 to 35 kg/m2 * Moderate physical activity * Safety during medical consultation * Feeding behavioural phenotype (Dutch Eating Questionnaire, Three Eating Factor Questionnaire)

Exclusion criteria

* Medical history which may affect glucose metabolism (diabetes, renal or hepatic failure, thyroid dysfunction, Cushing syndrome, acromegaly…) * Medical history which affect nutrient absorption (gastro-intestinal and pancreatic disease, gastrectomy, colectomy…) * Drug use in the last two months that could affect glucose metabolism (steroids, topical gastric preparation, anorectic drugs…) * Eating disorders * Claustrophobic subjects

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Ghrelin plasmatic concentration240 minutes after breakfast beginning (just before the lunch)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Satiety through visual analogue scale240 minutes after breakfast beginning (just before the lunch)
Plasma metabolite concentrations (glycaemia, non esterified fatty acid,kinetics during 430 minutes
Endocrine concentrations (insulin, ghrelin, GLP-1, PYY, leptin, C-peptide)kinetics during 430 minutes
Satiety through food intakes (quantitative) at the ad libitum buffet test mealSince the beginning of the buffet test meal (240 minutes after breakfast beginning) to the end of the meal (at the latest 270 minutes after breakfast beginning).
Lipid oxidationkinetics during 430 minutes
Eating behaviour at the buffet test meal by video recording (food choice, nutritional composition of the meal , kinetics of nutrient intake, meal structure, lunch duration)during the buffet test meal (max : 30 minutes)
Plasma markers of oxidative stress (MDA, gluthation, lipid hydroxide)kinetics during 430 minutes

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026