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NCT Number: NCT04212104

The Effect of Watching Mukbang on the Desire to Eat

The current study is designed to find the effect of mukbang on dieters. Mukbang is an online eating broadcast where a host (Asian mukbangs generally feature a young and slim female host) consumes a large amount of food while chatting with audiences. Since some dieters watch mukbang to get satiation and control their appetites, the investigators proposed the hypothesis that mukbang could increase people's satiation level and decrease their desire to eat. To test this hypothesis, one randomized controlled study was conducted and female participants were randomly selected to watch either a mukbang or a non-food related video. Their desire to eat were reported and measured after the video.

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Key information

Conditions

Mukbang

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York, 14850, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Female, English native speakers

Exclusion criteria

  • Male, English is not mother language

Treatment and study plan

watch a mukbang

Other

watch the dim sum mukbang

watch a non-food video

Other

watch the Big Bang Theory video

Primary outcomes

  1. satiation

    Time frame: report the feeling right after the intervention (since participants were first randomized to watch a video when participated in the study, after the intervention, i.e., after the video means 3 minutes after participants started the study)

    participants report their satiation level, on a scale from -3 to 3. -3 means not satisfied at all, 3 means very satisfied.

  2. disgust

    Time frame: report the feeling right after the intervention (since participants were first randomized to watch a video when participated in the study, after the intervention, i.e., after the video means 3 minutes after participants started the study)

    participants report their disgust level, on a scale from -3 to 3. -3 means not disgust at all, 3 means very disgust

  3. desire to eat dim sum

    Time frame: report the feeling right after the intervention (since participants were first randomized to watch a video when participated in the study, after the intervention, i.e., after the video means 3 minutes after participants started the study)

    participants report their desire to eat dim sum, on a scale from 0 to 10. 0 means not want to eat dim sum at all, 10 means very want to eat dim sum.

  4. desire to eat fruits or vegetables

    Time frame: report the feeling right after the intervention (since participants were first randomized to watch a video when participated in the study, after the intervention, i.e., after the video means 3 minutes after participants started the study)

    participants report their desire to eat fruits or vegetables, on a scale from 0 to 10. 0 means do not want to eat fruit or vegetable at all, 10 means very want to eat fruit or vegetable.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cornell University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2019
First posted
Dec 26, 2019
Registry last updated
Jan 2, 2020

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