Overview
The purpose of this study is to examine appetite and cognition responses following consumption of a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy adults 18-70 years
- Habitual breakfast cereal consumers (at least several times per month)
- Body mass index 18.5-29.9 kg/m2 (based on self-reported weight and height)
- Understand and willing to follow the study procedures, including having access to a tablet or laptop to use the online platforms for appetite and cognition measurement
- Willing to maintain habitual diet, physical activity pattern, and body weight throughout the trial
- Willing to abstain from strenuous exercise, consuming alcoholic drinks 24 hours before the test day
- Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age or body mass index outside of the inclusion criteria
- Pregnant or lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant during the study
- Known food allergies, sensitivities, or intolerance to any food or food ingredients
- Participating in another clinical trial for food, investigational drug, nutritional supplement, or lifestyle modification
- Taking medications that affect appetite, metabolism or blood pressure
- Presence of acute diseases or infection
- Presence or history of chronic diseases
- Diagnosed with an eating disorder
- Restraint eaters as determined by a score \>4 from the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire1
- Lost or gained 5 or more pounds in the past 3-months
- On a weight loss diet or undergoing intermittent fasting
- COVID-19 infection within the past 3 months
- Subjects who do not eat cereal products
- Subjects who do not understand or are not willing to follow the study procedures
