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A Sensory Strategy to Cut Sugary Beverages in African/American and Latine Adolescents
A Sensory Strategy to Cut Sugary Beverages in African/American and Latine Adolescents

NCT07223151

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: Nana Gletsu Miller

Conditions: Obesity, Adolescent, Dietary Sugars, Taste Perception, Insulin Resistance, Feeding Behavior

Interventions: Unsweetened Sparkling Water Replacement, Progressively Reduced Sugar Beverage Replacement, Plain Water Replacement

Countries: United States

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether replacing sugary sodas with unsweetened, flavored sparkling waters can reduce added sugar intake and improve health in Black/African American and Latine adolescents with obesity who prefer sweet-tasting beverages. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does replacing sugary sodas with water change liking for sugary drinks, and water? * Do shifts in liking for sweetness lead to improved diet quality and cardiometabolic health? Researchers will compare replacing sugary sodas with one of three alternative beverages: unsweetened sparkling water, plain water, and beverages with gradually reduced sugar to determine which strategy is most effective. Participants will: * Replace sugary sodas with study drinks for 4 weeks * Complete taste tests to measure their liking for and sensory experience of sweetness over 8-weeks * Provide dietary recalls, body measurements, and blood samples over 8-weeks

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 12 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents ages 12 to 18 who display a "sweet-liker" pattern, characterized by a preference for higher concentrations of sugar in beverages, specifically identifying 0.3M (10.3% sucrose) or above as their most liked sample.
* Adolescents consumes sugar-sweetened soda greater than or equal to 2 times per week. Adolescents must also indicate a willingness to drink study beverages; not currently dieting/changing diet.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adolescent participant is pregnant, since pregnancy affects taste perception
* Participant is allergic or intolerant to the items we are testing.
* Adolescent with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (self-declared or detected at screening visit through fasting glucose)
* Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists intended for weight loss.
Locations (3)
  • Bloomington, Indiana, United States
  • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • West Lafayette, Indiana, United States