The Influence of Breakfast on Hormone Responses and Cognitive Performance
Insulin Resistance
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Insulin Resistance
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy males
- No history of neurological or psychiatric illness, including major depressive disorder and attention deficit disorder.
- Normal or corrected vision using the Snellen chart
- Normal hearing
- BMI greater than or equal to 95th percentile according to CDC growth charts
- HbA1C less than or equal to 5.6%
- Hemoglobin level of greater or equal to 12g/dL
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of chronic illness and chronic use of medications that affect cognitive or glucose metabolism
- History of substance, nicotine or alcohol dependence as assessed by CRAFFT questionnaire
- History of eating disorder as assessed by the SCOFF questionnaire.
- Developmental delay
- Hearing and vision problems as assessed by the Snellen chart
- Previous history of bariatric surgery
- Currently taking supplements or medications indicated for weight loss
- Previous history of head injury associated with loss of consciousness for several minutes
- History of Epilepsy
- Allergy to any of the foods used for the test breakfasts
The inclusion and exclusion criteria for lean subjects will be identical to that of obese subjects with the exception that the lean subjects will be less than or equal to the 85th percentile for BMI, according to CDC growth charts.
Sites / Locations
- Montefiore Medical Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Lean males
Obese males
This is a randomized, two-period, cross over design with the intervention of consuming breakfast versus fasting for breakfast to study the effects on hormone responses and cognitive function using CTET in lean and obese male adolescents. These two study groups will be randomized to one of two orders:: (A,B) or (B,A) where A = Yes breakfast and B=No breakfast
This is a randomized, two-period, cross over design with the intervention of consuming breakfast versus fasting for breakfast to study the effects on hormone responses and cognitive function using CTET in lean and obese male adolescents. These two study groups will be randomized to one of two orders:: (A,B) or (B,A) where A = Yes breakfast and B=No breakfast