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(1pt each) 4. A 2011 study by Sorensen and Astrup assessed the effect of eating

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(1pt each) 4. A 2011 study by Sorensen and Astrup assessed the effect of eating milk chocolate and dark chocolate on appetite. Quoting from the experimental protocol: 23 young, healthy, normal-weight men, non-smokers, with no history of obesity or diabetes were included The test chocolate was 100g of either milk chocolate or dark chocolate. The chocolate was served together with 250ml water. The test meal consisted of pizza with ham and cheese. On test days, the participants arrived at the department in the morning after having fasted for at least 12h. Participants were weighed and recorded their baseline appetite sensations before chocolate, which was consumed in the course of 15min. Appetite ratings were recorded on 100-mm visual analogue scales (VAS) with words anchored at each end, describing the extremes of a unipolar question (for example for hunger I am not hungry at all'/I have never been more hungry). .. A .. meal was served 2h after the chocolate was consumead The participants were instructed to eat until comfortably satisfied....Energy intake was measured by weighing the amount of food consumed and converting this into energy (kJ). eating 100g of either milk chocolate or dark Note: The test used a crossover design. A crossover design is one in which each subject gets all treatments in a randomly determined order. In this experiment each subject ate milk chocolate on one day and dark chocolate on another day in a randomly determined order. (o) What is the eperimental unit in this study? (b) What is the observational unit in this study?

Explanation / Answer

a) participants

c) Energy intake

d) all young,health, normal-weighted men,non smokers with no history of obesity or diabetes

e) selected 23 young,health, normal-weighted men,non smokers with no history of obesity or diabetes

f) types of choclate

g) milk chocolate, dark chocolate