Differences in food cue reactivity between lean and overweight individuals

Completed

• Conditions: overgewicht; eating behaviour; overweight; 10003018

• Registration Number: NL-OMON37903
• Lead Sponsor: Wageningen Universiteit

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Female
BMI between 18.5-25 kg/m2 (lean) or above 27 kg /m2 (overweight)
18-55 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

- Food preference inconsistent with food odours used in the study
- Food sensitivity/allergy for food products used in the study
- Vegetarian
- Impairments in sight, hearing or hand movements that interfere with following the instructions
- Impairments in smelling or swallowing
- (Post)menopausal
- Pregnant in the past 6 months
- Breast feeding
- History of psychiatric, neurologic or physical illness/abnormalities that might influence eating behaviour or body weight (e.g. eating disorder, endocrine illness, gastro-intestinal illness)
- Use of medication that interferes with the aim of the study (e.g. psychoactive, anti-obesity)
- Brain trauma (loss of consciousness for more than 10 minutes)
- Addiction (recent or current)
- Smoker
- Participants that, in the opinion of the researcher, are not able to understand test instructions and procedures
- Staff member of the division of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Food-choice, ad libitum food-intake, mood, Saliva flow-rate, heart rate, skin<br /><br>conductance responses. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Habituation response of heart rate and saliva flow-rate, alpha amylase activity<br /><br>in saliva samples collected in one session</p><br>