Effect of Exercise on Chocolate Addiction

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acute Exercise and Addictive Behavior

In brief

The study will use stress inducing tasks to determine if there are significant improvements in mood, chocolate cravings, and attentional bias to chocolate in overweight/obese chocolate abusers following rest and a bout of high intensity interval exercise.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03356509

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

12

Starts

2018-01-08

Expected to finish

2018-09-15

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI equal or greater than 25
• Eat at least 3.5 oz of chocolate per day
• Scorer at least 33 out of a possible 36 on the Handedness Questionnaire
• Ability to provide informed consent
• No medical contraindications to exercise
• Premenopausal

You may not qualify if…

• PMS
• Pregnancy
• Prisoners
• Risk factors for heart disease as determined by physician
• Medication that interferes with capacity to exercise
• Answer "Yes" to PAR-Q

Where it is running

• Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology — Coral Gables, Florida, United States

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