Effects of Metabolic Testing Data and Education on Attitudes and Beliefs Related to Carbohydrate Intake in Adolescent Female Athletes

Part of paid clinical trials in Bradenton, Florida.

Sponsor
PepsiCo Global R&D
Study ID
NCT06837376
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Nutritional Deficiency

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
13 Years - 19 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Education — OTHER
    One 45 minute educational session on the role of carbohydrate in exercise
  • Metabolic Testing (Exercise) with shared interpreted results — OTHER
    One 20-30 minute session. Treadmill, warm-up, then at increasing intensities for 3-minute intervals wearing a mouthpiece for measurement of respiratory gasses (oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production). Testing starts with a 3-minute warm-up at 3.4 mph, 1% grade, increasing every 3 minutes until a respiratory exchange ratio of 1.0 is reached or volitional exhaustion

Study Details

Many studies have consistently shown that females across sports under consume carbohydrate. Registered dietitians working with athletes have also reported female athletes chronically under consume carbohydrate. The primary objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of education versus education plus interpreted individual metabolic (exercise) testing results to change attitudes and beliefs of female athletes regarding carbohydrate intake. The secondary objective is to assess the effectiveness of the education alone on attitudes and beliefs towards consuming carbohydrate in female athletes. The study hypothesis is that education alone will not significantly impact attitudes and beliefs, and that metabolic testing and the interpretation of the individual results will alter attitudes and beliefs toward carbohydrate intake.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 5, 2025
Status verified
Feb 2025
Primary completion
May 15, 2025
Completion
May 15, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Other: Education plus metabolic testing
    Classroom session with slides and videos. Exercise with shared exercise data.
  • Other: Education only
    Classroom session with slides and videos.

Primary Outcome Measure

Education versus Education plus metabolic testing [ Time Frame: Change in Nutrition Attitudes Questionnaire score from Baseline visit to same questionnaire re-taken 2 weeks later. For each questionnaire, a higher score will be correlated to more positive sentiments around carbohydrate intake. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Gatorade Sports Science Institute at IMG AcademyBradentonFlorida34210
Kris Osterberg, PhD, RD
[email protected]
847-707-3118
Kris Osterberg, PhD, RD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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