Taste Reward Processing in Pediatric Obesity

Completed

Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity

In brief

The study aims to provide a better understanding of the neural influence of eating behavior in the development of childhood obesity. Children ages 4-8 will be recruited to examine fMRI brain response to pictures that signal delivery of a chocolate milkshake and to the taste itself. The brain response will be compared to body mass index percentile scores for each child to help us determine whether brain differences present in adolescents and adults with obesity are present in young children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01908153

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

30

Starts

2013-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-10

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 8. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ages 4-8
• parent available to complete surveys in English

You may not qualify if…

• no presence of metal in body
• no claustrophobia
• no psychiatric or neurological condition that will affect brain function

Where it is running

• Stanford University Department of Psychiatry — Stanford, California, United States

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