Video Game Playing on Lunch-time Food Intake in Children

The Effect of Sedentary Video Game Playing Before a Mixed Meal on Subjective Appetite and Satiety Signals From a Glucose Preload in Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Boys

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01750151

Enrollment

Registered

2012-12-17

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2014-06-30

Last updated

2018-07-23

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Conditions

Exogenous Obesity

Brief summary

The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of video game playing for 30 minutes on food intake and subjective appetite. The investigators hypothesize that video game playing will affect food intake in children. Food intake will be measured at 30 minutes following a glucose (50g glucose in 250ml of water) or sweetened non-caloric (150mg Sucralose® in 250ml of water) beverage with or without video game playing. Subjective appetite will be measured at 0, 20, 35 and 65 minutes.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTGlucose Beverage

BEHAVIORALVideo Game Playing

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTControl Beverage

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

9 Years to 14 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* healthy boys with no emotional, behavioral or learning problems

Exclusion criteria

* girls

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Food Intake (kcal)	at 30 min after the treatment

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Subjective appetite (mm)	0-65 min	Subjective appetite (in mm) determined by visual analogue scale will be determined at 0, 20, 35 and 65 minutes.

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

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