Overweight Otherwise healthy
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: diet group (3-months caloric restriction, individual diet scheme provided by the nutrition department of the UKE)
Group 2: active waiting group (3-months, psychoeducation, stressmanagement, m
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
56 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: wish to lose weight, BMI > 25 kg/m²
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: current or previous psychiatric or neurological disorders, chronic and acute physical illness including diabetes, current psychopharmacological medication as well as MR-specific exclusion criteria. No participant followed any specific diet at the start of the experiment. To exclude systematic confounds during food evaluation, severe food allergies and adherence to a vegan diet constituted further exclusion criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| BMI assessment after 3-months intervention, measured via bodyweight and height | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Central insulin activation after 3-months intervention, measured via fMRI activation following intranasal insulin application | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactStefanie Brassen
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften
Outcome results
None listed