Exercise Effects on the Neurobiology Underlying Stress-related Eating Behaviors in Veterans

NCT06627569 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 132

Last updated 2026-05-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how common lifestyle interventions, such as exercise, affect how our brains respond to performing thinking tasks and to viewing pictures of foods and various other objects. The investigators are also interested in how changes in hormones that might be different in men and women could affect how lifestyle interventions change these brain responses.

Conditions

  • Overweight/Obesity
  • Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

12 weeks of aerobic exercise, with 4 sessions per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Kristina T. Legget, PhD · Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-06-01
Primary Completion
2030-08-30
Completion
2030-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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