Relation of Consummatory and Anticipatory Food Reward to Obesity

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

162 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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Obesity is associated with increased risk for mortality, atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, gallbladder disease, and diabetes mellitus, resulting in over 111,000 deaths annually in the United States ). In the US, 65% of adults are overweight or obese. Unfortunately, the treatment of choice for obesity (behavioral weight loss treatment) only results in a 10% reduction in body weight on average and most patients regain this weight within a few years. Further, most obesity prevention programs do not reduce risk for future weight gain. The limited success of treatment and prevention interventions may be due to an incomplete understanding of the processes that increase risk for obesity. Recent data suggest that obese adults show abnormalities in reward from food intake and anticipated food intake relative to lean adults, but the precise nature of these abnormalities is unclear and it has not been established whether these abnormalities predate obesity onset or are a consequence. It is vital to elucidate risk factors for obesity onset to advance understanding of etiological processes and determine the content of prevention and treatment programs.

The goals of this study are to (1) determine whether adolescents at high-risk for obesity, by virtue of having two obese parents, show abnormalities in reward from food intake (consummatory food reward) and anticipated reward from food intake (anticipatory food reward) compared to adolescents who are at low-risk for obesity, (2) determine whether abnormalities in consummatory and anticipatory food reward increase risk for weight gain and obesity onset, (3) examine moderators that may amplify the relations of consummatory and anticipatory food reward to unhealthy weight gain, and (4) examine changes in consummatory and anticipatory food reward in those participants who show obesity onset relative to those not showing obesity onset. Each of these goals is described in more detail below.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Weight Gain Food Habits

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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obesity risk status

Lean adolescents at high-risk for obesity, by virtue of parental obesity, and lean adolescents at low-risk for obesity, by virtue of lean parents.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* We will require that adolescents have age- and sex- adjusted standardized body mass index (BMI) scores between the 25th and 75th percentile at baseline for inclusion.
* Low risk youth: Lean parents will have a BMI between 18 and 25.
* High risk youth: Obese parents will have a BMI value of greater than 30.

Exclusion Criteria

* Students who report contraindicators of fMRI (e.g., metal implants, braces, or pregnancy).
* Current major psychiatric disorders (including substance use disorders, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, or generalized anxiety disorder)
* Current use of analgesics and other psychoactive drugs (e.g., cocaine)
* Serious medical complications (e.g., diabetes)
* Relevant food allergies
* Current smoking
* Current weight loss dieting

Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes