Brain responses to food in children and their parents

Neural correlates of healthy food viewing and food choice in tweens and their parents

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24255

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-04

Start date

2013-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

childhood obesity obesitas in kinderen

Interventions

Since this is an observational study there are no interventions as a part of the study design. The neural correlates of food choice and food viewing will be examined in two groups of children (healthy

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy Children: age 10-13 y Children: age-corrected BMI between 20 and 25 kg/m2 or 27.5-35 kg/m2 Parents: age 28-48 y Parents: BMI between 20 and 35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Left handed Presence of metal in the body incompatible with MRI scanning Smoking Having a special diet (e.g. to lose weight, medically prescribed diet in the past 6 months, no meat etc.) Highly restrained eating. Having a food allergy Alcoholconsumption > 28 units/week

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1.Neural activation (percentage signal change) in response to viewing pictures healthy and unhealthy foods. 2.Neural activation (percentage signal change) in response to (un)healthy food choice.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Scores on the liking of the food images and their perceived healthiness 2. Scores on the neuropsychological measures (DDT, WCST, SST and IGT or HDT).	—

Contacts

Public ContactPaul A.M. Smeets

Paul.Smeets@wur.nl0317 – 484681

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)