Emotion Regulation and Binge Eating in Youth With Obesity

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity, Binge-Eating Disorder

In brief

This study will investigate neural activation patterns in emotion- and cognition-related brain regions during an emotion regulation task involving cognitive reappraisal, and their associations with age and pubertal status, among overweight children and adolescents with loss of control eating as compared to overweight and normal-weight controls.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02783872

Run by

The Miriam Hospital

People needed

59

Starts

2016-11-01

Expected to finish

2020-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-23

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Right-handed, aged 10-17 years.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants will be excluded if they
• are currently taking any medications known to affect mood or weight (e.g., antidepressants, steroids);
• have a current diagnosis of a mood disorder or an eating disorder involving purging or suppressed body weight (e.g., bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa);
• are unable to read and understand English fluently;
• are currently pregnant;
• are a current smoker; or
• have metallic foreign bodies, face or neck tattoos, or other conditions that would prohibit fMRI scanning. Participants will complete a mock scan (see below) to ensure that their head and trunk size can be comfortably accommodated in the scanner.

Where it is running

• The Miriam Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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