Neurobehavioral Plasticity to Regular Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake: An fMRI Experiment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Weight Gain

In brief

The proposed project will examine the strength, specificity and persistence of neurobehavioral adaptions that occur in the initial period of repeated consumption of a branded sugar sweetened beverage (SSB).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03490734

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

160

Starts

2018-04-10

Expected to finish

2022-03-18

Last updated by the study team

2023-04-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 28. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Potential participants will be eligible for the study if they have BMI scores between the 18 and 34 at baseline.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals with probable current Axis I psychopathology or any fMRI contra-indicators (e.g., metal implants, braces) will be excluded. Those with a probable Axis I diagnosis will be provided with treatment referral information and encouraged to seek treatment,
• current regular use (3 or more times a week) of psychoactive drugs (e.g., cocaine, marijuana, nicotine),
• regular smoking,
• serious medical problems (e.g., cancer, diabetes),
• dietary practices that do not allow intake of intervention beverages.

Where it is running

• Mcgavran-Greenberg Hall — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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