Energy Regulation and Nutritional Status of Children: A Satiation Study

NCT ID: NCT05346549

Last Updated: 2024-01-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-02

Study Completion Date

2023-10-30

Brief Summary

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This is study among children attending child welfare clinics in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The investigators want to find out if moderately malnourished children regulate the food energy intake similarly to healthy children, using an established method to assess energy compensation.

Detailed Description

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Malnutrition originates from a complex interplay between genes and environment, manifesting in changes to hormones, metabolism, and behaviour. Energy regulation which determines food intake or avoidance plays a significant role in the cause, prevention and treatment of malnutrition. There is however limited knowledge of how energy regulation develops in children and its effect on their nutritional status in the context of undernutrition in children. A good understanding of energy regulation in children is therefore essential in designing interventions for tackling infant malnutrition.

A standardised energy compensation study will be undertaken in 60 children- 20 moderately malnourished, 20 stunted and 20 healthy. At two visits at least a week apart, the children will be given one of two similar tasting drinks in random order, one with very few calories and another with extra, without them knowing which is which. After 30 minutes they will eat as much as they want of a standardized lunch. All foods and drinks offered will be weighed before and after, to calculate the amount of energy eaten in total after the low energy drink, compared to the high energy drink.

Conditions

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Underweight Stunting Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

cross-over energy compensation study, participants acting as their own controls
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
Two similar tasting drinks will be used in random order, one low and one high energy after a standardized meal. The weight of food consumed will be measured by an observer blind to which supplement has been used.

Study Groups

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High energy

Child will be given a high energy drink: sugar free ribena squash (2kcal/100ml) plus a weighed amount of super soluble maxijul. Super Soluble Maxijul is a powdered carbohydrate energy source, which can be mixed with sweet or savoury foods/ liquids. It is safe for use in both children and adults that require fortification with a high or readily available carbohydrate. It is flavourless and tasteless offering little to no change in taste, flavor and texture of food being added to. It supplies 380 kcal energy per 100g powder. The amount given will supply 10% of the child's daily energy requirements per Kg - for example a 3-year old child weighing about 16 kg requires approximately 1300 kcal/day. Hence the high energy drink will supply the child with 130kcal.

They will be given 10 minutes to drink the preload and 30 minutes after this they will eat standardized weighed buffet lunch of known energy content suitable for their age, chosen in consultation with the parents.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

High energy preload

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tests the extent to which participants reduce their food intake at a meal following ingestion of a high energy preload drink.

Low energy

Child will be given a low energy drink of the same volume selected to be as similar as possible to the high energy drink: sugar free ribena squash containing 2kcal per 100ml.

They will be given 10 minutes to drink the preload and 30 minutes after this they will eat lunch containing the same range of weighed buffet foods as above.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Low energy preload

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tests the amount participants eat at a meal following ingestion of a low energy preload drink

Interventions

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High energy preload

Tests the extent to which participants reduce their food intake at a meal following ingestion of a high energy preload drink.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Low energy preload

Tests the amount participants eat at a meal following ingestion of a low energy preload drink

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Satiation study Satiation study

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* moderately malnourished (WHZ between -3 and -2 Z-scores) or stunted (HAZ\<-2SD) or Healthy (WHZ \>-2SD and HAZ \>-2SD) children age 12-36 months.
* Children should be attending child welfare clinics at the selected communities.
* The children should be accompanied by a main caregiver who is actively involved in cooking for and/or feeding the child.
* Children who are able to fast for at least 2 hours prior to the experiment.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children with congenital disorders, disabilities and diseases requiring specialised care and hospitalisation.
* Children with severe malnutrition with complications that required inpatient care.
* Tube-fed children.
* Children who are both stunted and moderately malnourished
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

36 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Glasgow

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Stirling

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Ghana

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eunice Nortey

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Eunice Nortey

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Ghana

Locations

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University of Ghana

Accra, , Ghana

Site Status

Countries

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Ghana

Other Identifiers

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GHS-ERC:022/11/21

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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