Biasing Food Value Construction
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Chicago
- Where
- Chicago, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 150 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Jul 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Training food attributes
- Record updated
- 9 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 16 years to 45 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- aged 16-35 years
- male or female
- able to read and speak English
Who cannot take part
- taking medication that has been shown to affect attention or learning (i.e., second generation antipsychotics, memantine, methylphenidate, or modafinil)
- history of concussion or neurological disease
- current psychosis, bipolar disorder, or substance dependence
- vital sign or laboratory abnormalities indicating medical instability
- full scale IQ estimate < 80
- body mass index < 14
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 16 and 45 years old?
Where in United States
- The University Of ChicagoChicago, United StatesContact: Akram BakkourNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether food value construction can be biased in individuals with anorexia nervosa. The main question it aims to answer is:
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Can a simple training task increase the importance of relevant food attributes such that subsequent choices about what to eat in individuals with anorexia nervosa will look more like those of healthy eaters?
Participants will undergo a simple training paradigm where they view food items and focus on different attributes (e.g., its tastiness or healthiness). Participants will then be asked to make decisions about what foods they'd like to eat.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Anorexia NervosaTreatment being tested
Participants in this group will meet diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa.
Treatment: Training food attributes
- Healthy ControlTreatment being tested
Participants in this group will not meet diagnostic criteria for any psychiatric illness.
Treatment: Training food attributes
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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Constructing the Subjective Value of Food in Anorexia Nervosa
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07692945, who can take part
- Record updated
- 9 July 2026