Which is a Better Breakfast? Egg or Cereal?

"Which is a Better Breakfast? Egg or Cereal?"

Which is a better breakfast? Egg or cereal?

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hunger; Satiety

Detailed Description

Which breakfast has the most beneficial effect on blood glucose and insulin, blood hormones and blood pressure, egg or cereal breakfast? Over a seven week period the participant will take part in eating breakfast of either egg breakfast or cereal breakfast which will be monitored. Blood samples will be taken before participants eat and different times throughout until after Lunch on day 1 and day 7. Questionnaires will be given to determine satiety (feeling of fullness) and hunger before and after breakfast and lunch. After a two week period participants will return for another week of the same procedure and tests that was followed from Day 1 though day 7 listed. However, this time participants will be eating the second of the two breakfasts whichever one they did not have for the first test period.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
      • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

In the community area of Baton Rouge, LA area exclusively random process to guarantee that each participant or population has specified chance of selection.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-60 years of age
• not lost more than 5% of body wight in the past 3 months, or not trying to actively lose weight at the moment.
• are not suffering from disease such as major heart conditions, cancer, type 1 diabetes, eating disorders, very high cholesterol or triglycerides levels, or any serious illness that requires intensive and long term medical treatment.

are not allergic to or sensitive to eggs, soy or wheat, and do not dislike these foods.

• have a BMI of equal to or >30 to equal to or <60

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Case-Crossover
• Time Perspectives: Retrospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Egg Breakfast; This group will be given a breakfast consisting of eggs. A breakfast consisting of eggs induces greater satiety and reduces Lunch Time intake.
Cereal Breakfast; This breakfast will consist of a breakfast that will include cereal. A breakfast cereal or white bread increases lunchtime energy intake.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Caloric intake for Lunch after you have received an Egg or Cereal Breakfast and Levels of glucose, insulin, and lipids are measured.	Before breakfast satiety following an egg breakfast compared to the other breakfast determines the impact of egg breakfast on their Lunch intake. Blood samples will be taken to test the levels of glucose, insulin, and lipids like cholesterol and triglycerides.	7 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satiety or hunger	Questionnaires to determine satiety and/or hunger before and after breakfast and lunch will be given.	7 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Collaborators: American Egg Board

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bayham BE, Greenway FL, Johnson WD, Dhurandhar NV. A randomized trial to manipulate the quality instead of quantity of dietary proteins to influence the markers of satiety. J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Jul-Aug;28(4):547-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2011
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 8, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): August 10, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 15, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 13, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2022

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 10010