Keeping Weight Off: Brain Changes Associated With Healthy Behaviors

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Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity

In brief

The goal of this project is to characterize changes in emotion regulation pathways associated with healthy behaviors in people who have recently lost weight and are seeking to maintain weight loss over a 1-year period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02189187

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

55

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-31

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 25 to 60 years old
• Healthy individuals who have intentionally lost at least 5% of their body weight over the past year
• BMI >20.5 kg/m2 at study entry and >25 in past 2 years

You may not qualify if…

• Weight-loss surgery or medications
• Serious Psychiatric or medical conditions
• Substance abuse
• Ineligible for MRI
• Pregnant
• Eating disorder

Where it is running

• Umass Medical School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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