Recruiting

Eating Behaviors

Sponsor:

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Code:

NCT07525050

Conditions

Healthy Individuals

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

UPF breakfast/MPF breakfast

MPF breakfast/UPF breakfast

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research study is to test how different aspects of food including food processing affect eating behaviors.

Conditions

Healthy Individuals

Study ID

NCT07525050

Start date

Jun 8, 2026

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • do not have restrictive eating practices
  • regularly consume breakfast
  • able to understand and sign the consent form
  • have own transportation to the research center
  • not allergic to study foods or unwilling to eat them
  • willing to comply with study demands
  • able to read and understand English
  • available to attend two in-person visits on a weekday and/or Saturday morning from 7:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • taking statins, medication to lower blood pressure, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetes, or weight-loss medications
  • pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant
  • diagnosed with an eating disorder, hypothyroidism, or cancer
  • allergy to study foods or express unwillingness to consume them
  • have gained or lost more than 10 pounds in the last 3 months
  • regular participants in vigorous endurance or resistance exercise (e.g., marathons, endurance bike races, triathlons, CrossFit, powerlifting)

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: UPF breakfast then MPF breakfast

Participants will consume the UPF breakfast during the first study visit and the MPF breakfast during the second study visit

experimental: MPF breakfast then UPF breakfast

Participants will consume the MPF breakfast during the first study visit and the UPF breakfast during the second study visit

Interventions

UPF breakfast/MPF breakfast

Participants will be provided with the UPF breakfast during the first study visit and the MPF breakfast during the second study visit

MPF breakfast/UPF breakfast

Participants will be provided with the MPF breakfast during the first study visit and the UPF breakfast during the second study visit

Primary outcome measure

  • Difference in satiety as determined by visual analogue scales (VAS) [ Time Frame: Day 1, Day 15 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Julie Hess, PhD

701-795-8146julie.hess@usda.gov

Locations

USDA ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Recruiting

Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, 58203

Contacts

Angela J Scheett, MPH, RDN

701-795-8386angela.scheett@usda.gov

More Information

Sponsor

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Last update posted

Jun 11, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-04. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center on 2026-06-11.