Biasing Food Value Construction
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Training food attributes.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anorexia Nervosa. Basic parameters: 16 years — 45 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
Constructing the Subjective Value of Food in Anorexia Nervosa
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether food value construction can be biased in individuals with anorexia nervosa. The main question it aims to answer is: Can a simple training task increase the importance of relevant food attributes such that subsequent choices about what to eat in individuals with anorexia nervosa will look more like those of healthy eaters? Participants will undergo a simple training paradigm where they view food items and focus on different attributes (e.g., its tastiness or healthiness). Participants will then be asked to make decisions about what foods they'd like to eat.
Interventions
- Behavioral Training food attributes
Participants will view images of foods and asked to focus on different attributes of the food (e.g., its healthiness or tastiness)
Primary outcome measures
- Change in Decision Weight for Tastiness vs. Healthiness Attributes in Food Choice [Time frame: Immediately prior to and immediately following the training session (pre- and post-assessments, approximately 1 hour apart on the same day)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- aged 16-35 years
- male or female
- able to read and speak English
Exclusion Criteria for all participants:
- history of concussion or neurological disease
- full scale IQ estimate < 80;
- taking medication that has been shown to affect attention or learning (i.e., second generation antipsychotics, memantine, methylphenidate, or modafinil)
Exclusion Criteria for participants with anorexia nervosa:
- current psychosis, bipolar disorder, or substance dependence
- body mass index < 14
- vital sign or laboratory abnormalities indicating medical instability
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- The University of Chicago — Chicago
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07692945 · IRB23-1659 · R01MH132792