Acute Exercise and Addictive Behavior Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Effect of a High Intensity Interval Exercise Bout on Addictive Behaviors in Overweight/Obese Adults
| Verified date | September 2018 |
| Source | University of Miami |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | Interventional |
The study will use stress inducing tasks to determine if there are significant improvements in mood, chocolate cravings, and attentional bias to chocolate in overweight/obese chocolate abusers following rest and a bout of high intensity interval exercise.
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 12 |
| Est. completion date | September 15, 2018 |
| Est. primary completion date | September 15, 2018 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 18 Years to 45 Years |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - BMI equal or greater than 25 - Eat at least 3.5 oz of chocolate per day - Scorer at least 33 out of a possible 36 on the Handedness Questionnaire - Ability to provide informed consent - No medical contraindications to exercise - Premenopausal Exclusion Criteria: - PMS - Pregnancy - Prisoners - Risk factors for heart disease as determined by physician - Medication that interferes with capacity to exercise - Answer "Yes" to PAR-Q |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology | Coral Gables | Florida |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of Miami |
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| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Attentional Bias (AB) to chocolate using a modified visual dot probe task (Kemps et al, 2009) | AB will be measured using a modified visual dot probe task, which consists of measuring reaction times to neutral images versus chocolate images (Kemps et al, 2009). Neutral images will consist of non-chocolate related items (i.e. office supplies). After 5 practice trials, 60 critical trials will be displayed which consist of either chocolate or neutral images (presented side by side). A black fixation cross will appear behind one of the images, and the subject has to respond as quickly as possible to which image the cross is located behind. The faster the subject responds to the cross behind the chocolate image, the higher their attentional bias is to chocolate. AB will be measured on both days following both the exercise and control conditions. | 15 minutes | |
| Secondary | Affective Valence measured by The Feeling Scale (Hardy & Rejeski, 1989) | The Feeling Scale measures affective valence using an 11 point range from -5 to +5 with higher values indicating more pleasure. It is administered on both days following both the exercise and the control condition. | 1 minute | |
| Secondary | Affective Activation measured by the Felt Arousal Scale (Svebak & Murgatroyd, 1985) | The Felt Arousal Scale measures affective activation using a 6 point range from 1 to 6 with the higher values indicating greater activation and arousal. It is administered on both days following both the exercise and the control condition. | 1 minute | |
| Secondary | Cravings for chocolate using the State Food Cravings Questionnaire (Cepeda-Benito et al, 2000) | This questionnaire measures the acute intensity of chocolate cravings using 15 items with 3 items per dimension. The five state dimensions of food cravings are: an intense desire to consume food, anticipation of positive reinforcement from eating, anticipation of relief from negative states and feelings as a result of eating, lack of control over eating if food is eaten, and craving as a hunger/physiological state. The dimensions will be evaluated using a 5 point Likert scale with the higher score meaning more intense cravings for chocolate. The questionnaire will be administered on both days following both the exercise and the control condition. | 5 minutes |