Development and Validation of a Brief F… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Eating Behavior Behavior Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70806, United States

About this study

Currently and to our knowledge, there are no validated questionnaires to assess food noise. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a brief food noise questionnaire. A total of 400 participants will be asked to complete the new food noise questionnaire. A subsample will also be asked to complete the questionnaire a second time to evaluate test-retest reliability. A separate subsample will also complete additional questionnaires to test convergent and discriminant validity.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

This study is open to adults (aged 18 years and above) who reside in the United States.

Exclusion criteria

Individuals who do not provide informed consent will not progress to the survey questions
Individuals who are currently participating in a weight loss program
Individuals who have a BMI lower than 18.5 kg/m2

Treatment and study plan

Responses to survey questions

Other

All 400 participants will first complete a demographic information survey and the new food noise questionnaire. Of these 400 participants, 250 participants will then complete additional questionnaires to assess construct validity. The remaining 150 participants will be asked to complete the food noise questionnaire again in approximately 1 week to assess test-retest reliability.

Primary outcomes

Scores on the Food Noise Questionnaire

Time frame: The Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) was completed once as part of a larger online survey. The entire online survey was completed in approximately 30 to 45 minutes, and the FNQ items were completed in approximately 5 to 10 minutes.

Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) measures persistent, intrusive thoughts about food that are disruptive to daily life and make healthy behaviors difficult. The FNQ consists of five items rated on a 5-point Likert scale: strongly disagree (scored as 0); disagree (scored as 1); neither agree nor disagree (scored as 2); agree (scored as 3); and strongly agree (scored as 4). A single total score for the questionnaire is calculated by summing responses for the five items. The total FNQ score ranges from 0 to 20, with higher total scores indicating greater levels of food noise.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Other

Collaborators

WW International Inc

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Mar 18, 2024
Registry last updated: Nov 24, 2025

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