Food and the Brain

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Binge Eating

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02743000

35204

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study will examine the role of reward and emotion in women with and without a history of binge eating. It is important to understand how the brain responds to reward and emotion in binge eating in order to identify different pathways toward binge eating and provide individualized targets for treatment. This is particularly important in light of the fact that for many patients, the current treatments for binge eating are not effective.

Enrollment: 83 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Ages 18-35
• with or without current binge eating behaviors

Exclusion criteria

• Any contraindication for MRI (orthodontia, vascular stents, metallic ear tubes, metal implants, piercings, etc).
• substance abuse
• traumatic brain injury
• BMI < 18.5
• pregnant women

Trial design

83 participants in 1 patient group

Women ages 18-35

Description:

Women ages 18-35 who do and do not engage in binge eating will be included in the study