Pre- and Post-prandial Levels of Appetite Regulatory Hormones in Adults

Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appetitive Behavior; Obesity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: food (breakfast)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05815641

2020/0044

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study aims to evaluate in adults with normal weight and with overweight or obesity who live in the city of La Plata the circulating levels of various hormones that regulate appetite and the gene expression of their receptors in peripheral blood mononuclear cells before and after food intake.

Full description

the investigators plan a single test meal study in males and females with normal weight (NW) or overweight/obesity (OW/OB) assessing whether plasma appetite regulatory hormones levels are associated with different metabolic and anthropometric variables as well as with appetite sensations.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult individuals body mass index> 18.5 kg∙m-2

Exclusion criteria

• chronic medical illness, personal history of diabetes, history of medical condition, or medication related to obesity or diabetes risk status.

Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 1 patient group

food intake (breakfast)

Experimental group

Description:

the breakfast composition is 56 kcal% carbohydrates, 12 kcal% protein and 34 kcal% lipids and comprises yogurt, cereals and almonds

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: food (breakfast)