Clinical Trial: Ultra Crave: An Investigation of Ultra-Processed Food
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Food Addiction
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Ultra Crave: A Biopsychobehavioral Investigation of Withdrawal From Ultra-Processed Food in Humans
Brief Summary:
This study experimentally investigates whether a reduction in ultra-processed (UP) food intake (1) causes aversive withdrawal symptoms in humans, (2) increases the motivational salience of UP food cues and, if so, (3) whether these factors undermine the ability to adhere to a low-UP diet.The following aims and hypotheses are tested:Aim 1: To investigate whether aversive physical, cognitive, and affective withdrawal symptoms emerge in response to reduced UP food intake compared to a calorically equivalent high-UP…
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