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Functional MRI of food evaluation and choice in normal weight and overweight subjects across the lifespan.

Completed
Conditions
Overweight and obesity
Registration Number
NL-OMON26000
Lead Sponsor
niversity Medical Centre Utrecht
Brief Summary

PMID: 29337278 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.01.012, PMID: 34245869 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118374

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy (self-reported);

2. Age group 1: 8-10, group 2: 13 -17, group 3: 25-45 and group 4:65-75 at day 01 of the study;

Exclusion Criteria

1. Smoking;

2. Having a special diet (e.g. to lose weight, medically prescribed diet in the past 6 months, no meat etc);

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
eural activation (percentage BOLD signal change) induced by the presentation of pictures of food and food choice.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Scores on LFPQ & perceived caloric content;<br /><br>2. Gut hormone levels during hungry and satiated condition on several time points;<br /><br>3. Neural activation (percentage signal change) in response the execution of a reward task.<br>
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