Exercise and brain responses to food and stress in veterans
Tests whether exercise changes brain responses to food pictures in adult veterans.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Exercise Effects on the Neurobiology Underlying Stress-related Eating Behaviors in Veterans
Key facts
- Where
- Aurora, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Source: NCT06627569, who can take part
Where in United States
- Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, COAurora, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Trial code
- NCT06627569
- Record updated
- 5 October 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Exercise Effects on the Neurobiology Underlying Stress-Related Eating Behaviors in Veterans
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.
Inclusion: Veteran; Body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater; Physically inactive; Able to attend study visits in person in Aurora, CO.
Exclusion: Current treatment with appetite-altering medications (e.g., glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists); History of bariatric surgery; Current eating disorder; Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, or diabetes; Unable to exercise due to cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, or orthopedic reasons; Currently pregnant; Contraindication to MRI (weight > 500 pounds (lbs); claustrophobia; metal or electronic devices in the body).