The Effects of Consuming Whey Protein Polydextrose Snacks on Appetite and Energy Intake

NCT ID: NCT01927926

Last Updated: 2013-08-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-10-31

Brief Summary

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Developing functional foods that enhance satiety may be beneficial to individuals to help manage body weight.

We have previously shown that consuming a mid-morning liquid preload with increasing proportion of energy derived from whey protein and addition of polydextrose reduced voluntary energy intake at a lunchtime meal compared to a liquid preload of the same energy content but lower in protein and containing no polydextrose.

This study aims to investigate if these results can be replicated when the preload is in the form of a snack bar. We will also investigate whether the daily consumption of the snack bar has an effect on energy intake, subjective appetite and metabolic parameters compared to a control snack of the same energy but with a minimal protein content and without the addition of polydextrose.

We hypothesize that the whey protein polydextrose snack will reduce voluntary energy intake at a subsequent test meal, suppress subjective appetite ratings compared with the control snack bar.

Detailed Description

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Background:

Developing functional food products that enhance satiety, suppress appetite, and reduce subsequent voluntary food intake to a greater extent than a similar energy matched food product, may be useful to help consumers adhere to energy restricted diets and optimize successful body weight management. A range of foods and food constituents have been reported to have the potential to produce short term changes in appetite and energy intake. However, the effects of consuming foods containing such ingredients on appetite, energy intake over the longer term is unclear.

We have previously shown that consuming a mid-morning liquid preload with increasing proportion of energy derived from whey protein and addition of polydextrose reduced voluntary energy intake at a lunchtime meal compared to a liquid preload of the same energy content but lower in protein and containing no polydextrose.

Aims:

This study aims to investigate if previous findings can be replicated using solid snack bars containing whey protein and polydextrose. We will also investigate whether the daily consumption of the snack bar has an effect on energy intake, subjective appetite and metabolic and endocrine responses.

Methods:

Using a double blind, randomized cross-over design, 10 healthy lean male subjects will consume a whey protein-polydextrose bar and an iso-energetic control bar as a mid-morning, between-meal snack for 14 consecutive days. The two intervention phases will be separated by a 2-wk washout period. On the first (day 1) and the last day (day 15) of each intervention phase, subjective appetite, voluntary food intake, blood metabolite and endocrine responses to the snacks will be assessed under laboratory conditions. Additionally, participants will be asked to record free-living food intake on days 4, 8 and 12 of the intervention.

Conditions

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Obesity

Keywords

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Energy intake appetite satiety gut hormones

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Whey-protein & polydextrose snack

Whey-protein \& polydextrose snack bar.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Whey-protein & polydextrose snack

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will consume one snack bar as a between-meal mid-morning snack daily for 15 days.

Control snack

Control snack bar containing minimal protein and not polydextrose.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control snack

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will consume one snack bar as a between-meal mid-morning snack daily for 15 days.

Interventions

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Whey-protein & polydextrose snack

Subjects will consume one snack bar as a between-meal mid-morning snack daily for 15 days.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control snack

Subjects will consume one snack bar as a between-meal mid-morning snack daily for 15 days.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* BMI 18-25 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

* Smokers
* BMI \<18 \> 25 kg/m2
* Dieting or weight loss
* Presence of disease (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer etc)
* Currently regularly taking medications
* Restrained eaters (defined as restraint score \>7 on TFEQ)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Mars, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Nottingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ian A Macdonald, Phd

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Nottingham

Locations

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University of Nottingham

Nottingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Astbury NM, Taylor MA, French SJ, Macdonald IA. Snacks containing whey protein and polydextrose induce a sustained reduction in daily energy intake over 2 wk under free-living conditions. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 May;99(5):1131-40. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075978. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24670946 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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A/5/2008

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id