CompletedNot Applicable

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

United States160 participantsStarted 2018-04-10

Plain-language summary

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).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 28 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Potential participants will be eligible for the study if they have BMI scores between the 18 and 34 at baseline. Exclusion Criteria: * 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.

What they're measuring

Change in Voxel-wise Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) Including Outliers Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of Brain Activation Signals in Response to Beverage Taste and Logo

Timeframe: Baseline and Post-intervention Assessment. Post-Intervention Assessment completed approximately 5 weeks after the Baseline Assessment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03490734

SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-03-18

Results submitted2023-01-26

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