Childhood Body Composition and Brain Structure and Function
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 8 - 10 |
| Updated: | 3/24/2019 |
| Start Date: | January 2012 |
| End Date: | August 2014 |
The specific aim of this research project is to use MRI methods to evaluate and compare brain
structure and function in normal weight and obese children age 8-10 years.
structure and function in normal weight and obese children age 8-10 years.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy normal weight or obese children
- Parental report of full-term gestation
- Parental report of birth weight between 5th-95th percentiles
- Parental report of breastfeeding or cow's milk formula fed during infancy
- Right hand dominance
Exclusion Criteria:
- Maternal diabetes
- Maternal alcohol, tobacco or drug use during pregnancy
- Chronic sleep disorder
- History of psychological or psychiatric diagnosis
- History of neurological impairment or injury
- Surgical implant or other foreign object in the body which may be a MRI safety concern
- Dental work which may cause artifacts in MRI
- Claustrophobia
- High likelihood of inability to tolerate loud noise from the MRI scanner
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