Status:
COMPLETED
The Hormonal and Behavioral Impact of Eating Breakfast
Lead Sponsor:
USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Conditions:
Eating Behavior
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-45 years
Brief Summary
This study is exploring the relationship between food intake behavior and the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA) in women who regularly skip breakfast compared to women who regularly eat breakfast.
Detailed Description
Healthy women will be studies in a cross-sectional fashion to examine the metabolic, hormonal and behavioral factors associated with breakfast skipping.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pre-menopausal women (as determined by self-report of menstrual history and confirmation with plasma FSH)
- 20 to 45 years old,
- BMI less than 40 kg/m2
- Stable body weight (fluctuation of less than ± 3%) for past 3 months.
- Breakfast eaters: defined as eating at least 15% of total daily energy intake at a meal between 0400-1000 h at least 6 days/week.
- Breakfast skippers: defined as eating no foods or beverages between 0400-1000h at least 4 days/week or only taking beverages (no solid food) containing less than \~100 kcal.
Exclusion
- Erratic/intermittent breakfast eating
- Currently pregnant or lactating
- Shift workers/diagnosed sleep disorders
- Use of tobacco products
- Use of non-prescription drugs/hormone replacement/steroid-based medications
- Diagnosed endocrine, metabolic, or digestive disorder
- Hemoglobin \<11 g/dl
- Plasma Glucose \>120 mg/dl
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01427556
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2014
Last Update
August 18 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Western Human Nutrition Center, University of California Davis
Davis, California, United States, 95616