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Many factors influence eating choices among humans (mood, taste, convenience, time of day, etc.). Finding simple ways to decrease food intake or improve food choices could improve weight status and overall health of the general population. The purpose of this study is to see if city and/or nature smells affect human eating behavior within a virtual reality-simulated outdoor café. The researchers of this study believe that a better understanding of how smells affect eating behavior could lead to public guidelines that direct the construction and layout of such outdoor eating environments to better support healthy behaviors.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Pleasant First | Experimental | Participants will experience the pleasant smell in the participant's first visit and the unpleasant smell in the participant's second visit. |
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| Unpleasant First | Experimental | Participants will experience the unpleasant smell in the participant's first visit and the pleasant smell in the participant's second visit. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Pleasant Smell | Other | The participants will be in an environment with an assumed pleasant smell while consuming the meal. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Food Intake Day 1 | Total weight of the meal and individual components of the meal are measured in grams before and after participant consumption. The difference is recorded as the amount consumed by the participant. Grams of food will be converted into kilocalories and reported as energy consumed as well. | Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption |
| Food Intake Day 2 | Total weight of the meal and individual components of the meal are measured in grams before and after participant consumption. The difference is recorded as the amount consumed by the participant. Grams of food will be converted into kilocalories and reported as energy consumed as well. | Measured 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption |
| Scent Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) Baseline Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Participants respond to questions 1-3 using a visual analog scale with opposite descriptors on each end. Question 4 is open response that will be coded as a positive memory/scent or negative memory/scent.
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Scent Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) Baseline Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Participants respond to questions 1-3 using a visual analog scale with opposite descriptors on each end. Question 4 is open response that will be coded as a positive memory/scent or negative memory/scent.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) Survey Baseline Visit 1 | Survey answered on a tablet; participant rates the following questions on a 1-9 scale, with 9 being a stronger feeling of the stated emotion.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reasons Individuals Stop Eating Questionnaire | Answered on a tablet; participants rate on a scale from 1-7 how much each statement reflects their typical behavior Rating Scale 1, Never | 2, Rarely | 3, Seldom | 4, Sometimes | 5, Often | 6, Usually | 7, Always Prompt participants receive: Think about eating a typical dinner meal in your home. For each statement below, identify the frequency that best reflects how often you experience this as a reason that you stop eating a typical dinner at home. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Travis Masterson | The Pennsylvania State University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Health, Ingestive Behavior, and Technology Laboratory of Pennsylvania State University | State College | Pennsylvania | 16802 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005247 | Feeding Behavior |
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| D001522 | Behavior, Animal |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Unpleasant Smell | Other | Participants will be in an environment with an assumed unpleasant smell while consuming the meal. |
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| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Scent Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) Post-VR Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Participants respond to questions 1-3 using a visual analog scale with opposite descriptors on each end. Question 4 is open response that will be coded as a positive memory/scent or negative memory/scent.
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Scent Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) Post-VR Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Participants respond to questions 1-3 using a visual analog scale with opposite descriptors on each end. Question 4 is open response that will be coded as a positive memory/scent or negative memory/scent.
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) Survey Baseline Visit 2 | Survey answered on a tablet; participant rates the following questions on a 1-9 scale, with 9 being a stronger feeling of the stated emotion.
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) Survey Post VR Visit 1 | Survey answered on a tablet; Participant is prompted with the following input: Imagine you are in the space you saw when wearing the headset. You are there after a long day's work. Now, how does the architectural space in the image make you feel? Scale of 1-9. A higher score indicates a stronger feeling in that dimension.
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) Survey Post VR Visit 2 | Survey answered on a tablet; Participant is prompted with the following input: Imagine you are in the space you saw when wearing the headset. You are there after a long day's work. Now, how does the architectural space in the image make you feel? Scale of 1-9. A higher score indicates a stronger feeling in that dimension.
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Positive Affect Negative Affect Survey (PANAS) Baseline Visit 1 | Survey is taken on a tablet; Participant responds according to how much they are feeling that emotion at that moment with a 1-5 scale (1 is not at all and 5 is extremely).
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Positive Affect Negative Affect Survey (PANAS) Baseline Visit 2 | Survey is taken on a tablet; Participant responds according to how much they are feeling that emotion at that moment with a 1-5 scale (1 is not at all and 5 is extremely).
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Positive Affect Negative Affect Survey (PANAS) Post-VR Visit 1 | Survey is taken on a tablet; Participant responds according to how much they are feeling that emotion in response to the VR space with a 1-5 scale (1 is not at all and 5 is extremely).
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Positive Affect Negative Affect Survey (PANAS) Post-VR Visit 2 | Survey is taken on a tablet; Participant responds according to how much they are feeling that emotion in response to the VR space with a 1-5 scale (1 is not at all and 5 is extremely).
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) Baseline Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Read each statement and select the appropriate response to indicate how you feel right now, that is, at this very moment. Do not spend too much time on any one statement, but give the answer which seems to describe your present feelings best. Answered on a 1-4 scale: 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 Somewhat 4 Very Much So
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) Baseline Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Read each statement and select the appropriate response to indicate how you feel right now, that is, at this very moment. Do not spend too much time on any one statement, but give the answer which seems to describe your present feelings best. Answered on a 1-4 scale: 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 Somewhat 4 Very Much So
| Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) Post-VR Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Read each statement and select the appropriate response to indicate how you feel right now, that is, at this very moment. Do not spend too much time on any one statement, but give the answer which seems to describe your present feelings best. Answered on a 1-4 scale: 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 Somewhat 4 Very Much So
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) Post-VR Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Read each statement and select the appropriate response to indicate how you feel right now, that is, at this very moment. Do not spend too much time on any one statement, but give the answer which seems to describe your present feelings best. Answered on a 1-4 scale: 1 Not at all 2 A little 3 Somewhat 4 Very Much So
| Measured 1-5 minutes after entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Affect and Spatial Experience Scale (ASE) | Answered on a tablet; Participants rate their experience with the virtual reality environment on a -10 to 10 scale with opposite descriptors on either end of the scale and 10 being the most like the stated attribute
| Measured 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and VR experience at visit 1 |
| VR Presence Questionnaire Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; participants marked on a visual analog scale from 0-100 how they felt in the VR with 0 being not at all and 100 being very much
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 1 |
| VR Presence Questionnaire Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; participants marked on a visual analog scale from 0-100 how they felt in the VR with 0 being not at all and 100 being very much
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| VR Preference Questionnaire Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Participants would rank on a 0-8 point scale: for question 1-None, a few minutes, half an hour, one hour, a few hours, a day, a few days, many many days; for questions 2-5-not at all, very slight, slight, slight to moderate, moderate, much, very much, extremely so
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 1 |
| VR Preference Questionnaire Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Participants would rank on a 0-8 point scale: for question 1-None, a few minutes, half an hour, one hour, a few hours, a day, a few days, many many days; for questions 2-5-not at all, very slight, slight, slight to moderate, moderate, much, very much, extremely so
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| Hair Cortisol | The 3-month concentration of cortisol in the participant's hair will be recorded in picograms per milligram--higher values mean higher stress over the past 3 months. | Measured once 15 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire | Answered on a tablet; participants rate on a scale from 1-5 how much each statement reflects their typical behavior Rating Scale 1, Strongly disagree | 2, Disagree | 3, Neither agree or disagree | 4, Agree | 5, Strongly agree | Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| External Cue Reactivity Questionnaire | Answered on a tablet; participants rate on a scale from 1-4 how often the statement is true for them Rating Scale 1, Rarely | 2, Sometimes | 3, Often | 4, A lot Questions:
| Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| Three Factor Eating Questionnaire | Answered on a tablet; participants rate on a scale from 1-4 how true the statement is for them Rating Scale 1, Definitely false | 2, Mostly false | 3, Mostly true | 4, Definitely true | Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| Engagement Questionnaire | Answered on a tablet; participants rate on a scale from 1-7 how much they agree with each statement. Questions 1-3 were reverse scored. Rating Scale 1, Strongly disagree | 2, Disagree | 3, Somewhat disagree | 4, Neutral | 5, Somewhat agree | 6, Agree | 7, Strongly agree | Measured once 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and the VR experience at visit 2 |
| Visual Analog Scale of Hunger and Thirst Baseline Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Participants rate their hunger, thirst, fullness, and nausea on a 0-100 scale where 0 is not at all and 100 is extremely. | Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 1 |
| Visual Analog Scale of Hunger and Thirst Baseline Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Participants rate their hunger, thirst, fullness, and nausea on a 0-100 scale where 0 is not at all and 100 is extremely. | Measured 5-10 minutes prior to entering VR environment at Visit 2 |
| Visual Analog Scale of Hunger and Thirst Post Visit 2 | Answered on a tablet; Participants rate their hunger, thirst, fullness, and nausea on a 0-100 scale where 0 is not at all and 100 is extremely. | Measured 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and VR experience at Visit 2 |
| Visual Analog Scale of Hunger and Thirst Post Visit 1 | Answered on a tablet; Participants rate their hunger, thirst, fullness, and nausea on a 0-100 scale where 0 is not at all and 100 is extremely. | Measured 5-10 minutes after the end of meal consumption and VR experience at Visit 1 |