Ghrelin Regulation and Structure: Effect of Diet Composition on Ghrelin

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how diet affects the hormone ghrelin. Ghrelin is made in the stomach and causes appetite to increase. Learning about ghrelin will help the investigators understand more about obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00694512

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

51

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2011-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-05-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older.
• Weight stable for at least 3 months.
• At lifetime maximal body weight.

You may not qualify if…

• Actively losing weight by diet or exercise.
• Smokers.
• Alcohol consumption > 2 drinks per day.
• Exercise > 30 minutes 3 times a week.
• Prescription drug use (except birth control pills, vitamins, or minerals).
• Type 2 diabetes.
• Heart disease, cancer, malabsorptive states, or chronic infections that would affect body weight.
• Weight > 300 lbs (exceeds the weight limit of the DEXA machine).
• Hemoglobin < 12.0 g/dL for women, < 13.5 g/dL for men

Where it is running

• Oregon Health & Science University — Portland, Oregon, United States

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