Clinical trials: Food Reward
Overweight and Obesity
The Role of Altered Nutrient Partitioning in Food Reward
Obesity remains a public health epidemic despite substantial advances in treatment strategies and therapies in the last decade. Effective strategies to support maintenance of improved metabolic health and reduced body weight are…
- Trial name
- NCT05200845
- Testing
- Conditioned Stimulus + (CS+): Flavored beverage solution with 75 calories of sucrose, Conditioned Stimulus - (CS-): Flavored beverage solution with sweetness-matched sucralose, High-Fat Test Meal Inside a Metabolic Chamber
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity
Investigation of the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Taste Reward in Humans
The investigators hypothesize that some of these changes in the reduced appetite after surgery may be due to alterations in taste.
- Trial name
- NCT01531738
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Eating Behavior, Eating Habit
Young Adult Eating Habits
Most individuals with obesity become so before age 35 and adolescent's unhealthy dietary patterns, specifically high intake of ultra-processed foods and poor overall diet quality, may contribute to energy overconsumption and…
- Trial name
- YAEH (NCT05550818)
- Testing
- High Ultra Processed Food Diet, No Ultra Processed Food Diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Study of Brain, Reward, and Kids' Eating
Children from rural communities are at greater risk for obesity than children from more urban communities. However, some children are resilient to obesity despite greater exposure to obesogenic influences in rural communities…
- Trial name
- BRAKE (NCT05456516)
- Testing
- Food Rating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Appetite and General Nutritional Disorders
Protein Quality on Appetite Control, Reward-driven Eating, & Subsequent Food Intake
To determine whether the consumption of a beef-rich lunch improves appetite control, satiety, and energy intake regulation while reducing food reward and food cravings compared to the consumption of a soy-rich lunch when matched…
- Trial name
- NCT02285907
- Testing
- Macronutrient and Fiber Matched BEEF, Macronutrient and Fiber Matched SOY, Serving Size Matched BEEF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia