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Food Intake, Endocrine Factors and Brown Fat

NCT06285461 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-04-14

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Summary

This study will investigate how the acute intake of foods with high and low hedonic reward differentially affects brown adipose tissue and the interplay between gut peptides, brown fat, and the brain (gut-BAT-brain axis).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Non-palatable meal

Participants will consume a meal that corresponds to 40% of their daily resting metabolic rate and balanced diet but with low hedonic reward.

BEHAVIORAL

Palatable meal

Participants will consume a meal that corresponds to 40% of their daily resting metabolic rate and balanced diet but with high-hedonic reward.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Turku

    collaborator OTHER

  • Turku University Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Milena Monfort-Pires, PhD · University of Turku

  • Kirsi A Virtanen, Professor · University of Turku

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-20
Primary Completion
2026-03-10
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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