Representation of food preference in the brain in relation to visceral obesity and stress

Completed

Conditions: viscerale obesitas
excess body weight
Obesity
10003018

Registration Number: NL-OMON33020

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria are being right-handed, both genders, age between 18-55 years, BMI between 20 and 25 kg/m2 and between 25 and 30 kg/m2 with a waist circumference for men > 90 cm and for women > 80 cm, liking the tested food items, being able to play a standard memory game, without any metals in the body.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria are having metals in the body, having a food allergy, not being able to play a standard memory game, being left-handed, diabetics, use of medication (except contraception), extensive alcohol consumption (more than 10 consumptions per week), instable weight, pregnancy, claustrophobia, depression, other serious disorders (for example epilepsy, arrhythmia, parkinsonism, insomnia) and a past history of psychiatric disorders.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study endpoint is the effect of acute and long-term consumption of<br /><br>highly rewarding foods on the physiological stress response and relevant reward<br /><br>related brain areas, on rewarding value of other foods and food intake in<br /><br>visceral overweight subjects. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures