Adolescents perceive a low added sugar adequate fiber diet to be more satiating and equally palatable compared to a high added sugar low fiber diet in a randomized-crossover design controlled feeding pilot trial

This 2018 randomised, crossover, controlled feeding study compared the perceptions of hunger, fullness and palatability in response to a low added sugar (AS) adequate fiber diet (LASAF; 5% total energy from AS and 13.5 g fiber/1000 kcal) and a high AS low fiber diet (HASLF; 25% total energy form AS and 8.2 g/1000 kcal). The sample population (n=32, 47% male, age 15.3 ± 1.6 yrs., BMI percentile: 47 ± 4) consumed calorie-matched LASAF and HASLF diets for 7 days, separated by a 4 week washout, with bodyweight monitored daily and hunger, fullness, and palatability assessed after each feeding period. The result showed participants remained weight stable, and no differences in weight change was detected between diet conditions. The adolescents reported less hunger and greater fullness on the LASAF compared to the HASLF, whereas no difference in palatability was found between the diets. Since the low added sugar adequate fiber diet was perceived to be as palatable as the high added sugar diet but more satiating, the researchers call for LASAF diets to be investigated further as a strategy for weight control in adolescents. [NPID: behavior, perception, hunger, fullness, palatability, low fiber, fiber, low sugar, weight control]

Year: 2018

Reference: Halliday, T. M., Liu, S. V., Moore, L. B., Hedrick, V. E., & Davy, B. M. (2018). Adolescents perceive a low added sugar adequate fiber diet to be more satiating and equally palatable compared to a high added sugar low fiber diet in a randomized-crossover design controlled feeding pilot trial. Eating behaviors, 30, 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.05.004