does not involve patient population, but healthy individuals who would like to change their eating pattern overeating uncontrolled eating
Conditions
Interventions
Subjects will follow either a mindful eating training or an educational cooking
training (active control). Both trainings will consist of 8 weekly 2.5h group
sessions, 45-minute daily homework and a
Sponsors
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age: 18 - 55 years old - BMI: 19 - 35 - Right-handed - Motivated to change their eating pattern, i.e.willing to spend the amount of time required by the training programs
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - MRI contraindications - (History of) clinically significant diseases - (History of) signiificant neurological or psychiatric disorders - Regular use of drugs and psychotropic medication - Current strict dieting - Experience with MBSR or MBCT course - Food allergy to any ingredients used in the food rewards
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will assess the difference in performance (i.e. error rates and reaction times) and brain activity and connectivity (using fMRI) in prefrontal cortex control (i.e. attentional bias to food-related words and negatively valenced words), and striatum (i.e. food and monetary reward cue responses) before versus after training, dependent on training type. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondarily, we will obtain weight and waist-hip ratio measurements and questionnaire data at every lab visit (incl. 1-year follow-up) to assess the effects of the training on weight and eating behaviour and general reward sensitivity.. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed