Project THINK: Trajectories of Health, Ingestive Behaviors, and Neurocognition in Kids
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04701671. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Executive Functioning, Weight Trajectories, and Loss of Control Eating in Children With Overweight/Obesity: A Prospective Study
Brief summary
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Overweight/obesity and loss of control eating (characterized by the sense that one cannot control what or how much one is eating) are prevalent among children and adolescents, and both are associated with serious medical and psychosocial health complications. Although our recently published data suggest that youth with these conditions may have relative deficits in neurocognitive functioning, particularly working memory, understanding of how these processes and their neural correlates are related to change and stability in eating and weight-related outcomes over time is limited, thereby impeding development of targeted, optimally timed interventions. The present study aims to assess prospective associations between general and food-specific executive functioning and underlying neural substrates, and eating and weight outcomes among children at varying levels of risk overweight/obesity and eating disorders, which will help guide research efforts towards the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04701671
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 180 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Observational (not including MRI scanning) Behavioral
- Observational (including MRI scanning) Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 9 Years to 12 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 9, 2020
- Primary completion
- May 8, 2028
- Completion
- May 8, 2028
- Last update posted
- Jun 3, 2026
2020 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of PIttsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center | Providence | Rhode Island | 02903 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 3, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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