This study is looking for healthy volunteers aged 21 to 50 with a BMI between 18-25 kg/m² to understand how your gut and brain respond to different types of food and how this affects your appetite. You'll undergo Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans at different times. Researchers will also use an Intragastric Balloon (a balloon placed in your stomach and inflated), and you'll eat two types of meals: an Elemental Meal (a tasteless meal) and a Hedonic Meal (a meal of your choice). The main goal is to see how blood flow in a part of your brain called the hypothalamus changes after these interventions, measured after one month. The study is currently recruiting 15 participants, but its status is unclear.

Study design

This interventional study plans to enroll 15 healthy participants. It investigates how the brain and gut respond to different food stimuli.

What's involved

You will have multiple visits where you'll undergo MRI scans, have an Intragastric Balloon placed, and eat specific meals until you feel full.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

The primary endpoint, measuring brain blood flow, is assessed at one month.

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