The Sense of Small and Inhibition in Obesity (Smell_OB)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Experimental Task

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05768672

21C221

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this research is to verify whether inhibitory control ability is different between a group of individuals with obesity and a group of individuals with normal weight in the presence of olfactory stimuli, different for valence, edibility (food versus no-food), and caloric density (high-calorie vs low-calorie content) of foods associated with odours.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Right-handed
• diagnosis of obesity (i.e., the level of body mass index (BMI) higher or equal to 30).

Exclusion criteria

• Concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders.

Trial design

25 participants in 2 patient groups

Cases

Description:

Right-handed Individuals diagnosed with obesity will be recruited at the beginning of a rehabilitative treatment at the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Giuseppe Hospital (Italy).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental Task

Controls

Description:

Age-matched, right-handed, individuals with a healthy weight recruited outside the hospital through personal contacts of the researchers and word-of-mouth

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental Task