Biologic Assessment of Satiety

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01506297

GFHNRC504

Details and patient eligibility

About

Subjective measures of satiety are correlated with biologic mechanisms of appetite control.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• medical history (interview) demonstrating good health
• non-smoking
• not taking steroid-based medications
• not planning to or currently attempting to gain or lose weight
• being willing to consent to study conditions
• healthy adults ages 25-45 years
• body mass index between 18-30 kg/m2.
• University of North Dakota students may participate but student status is not required.

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed eating disorders
• current or planned pregnancy
• lactation
• unmanaged hypertension (systolic >160 mmHg or diastolic > 100mmHg) and/or other cardiovascular, pulmonary, skeletal and metabolic diseases
• taking medications known to affect appetite, body composition, weight, or food intake