Diet, Metabolic Health, and Exercise Responses Study
This observational study is looking at how your diet, specifically fat quality, and your metabolic health (how your body uses energy) might be connected to your responses to exercise and your brain function. Researchers want to understand why people react differently to exercise. You might be able to join if you are between 18 and 60 years old, can complete two lab visits, and are able to safely do moderate-intensity cycling. The study will measure your feelings during and after a 30-minute cycling session, as well as your perceived arousal (how alert or stimulated you feel) and positive emotions. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 100 participants.
- Study design
- This is an observational study, meaning researchers will observe and collect information without giving you a specific treatment. It plans to include 100 participants.
- What's involved
- You would complete two laboratory visits, record your diet, undergo cognitive assessments, and participate in exercise testing, including a 30-minute moderate-intensity cycling session.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your affective valence, perceived arousal, and positive affect will be measured immediately before, during, immediately after, and 30 minutes after the 30-minute cycling session.
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Diet, Metabolic Health, and Exercise Responses
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Gregory Ruegsegger, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, River Falls
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What this trial measures
- Affective Valence During and After ExerciseImmediately before exercise; at minutes 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 during the 30-minute cycling session; immediately after exercise; and 30 minutes after exercise
Affective valence will be assessed using the single-item Feeling Scale. Scores range from -5 ("very bad") to +5 ("very good"), with 0 representing "neutral." Higher scores indicate more positive affective valence and therefore a better affective response.
- Perceived Arousal During and After ExerciseImmediately before exercise; at minutes 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 during the 30-minute cycling session; immediately after exercise; and 30 minutes after exercise
Perceived arousal will be assessed using the single-item Felt Arousal Scale. Scores range from 1 ("low arousal") to 6 ("high arousal"). Higher scores indicate greater perceived arousal and are not inherently a better or worse outcome.
- Positive Affect Before and After ExerciseImmediately before exercise, immediately after the 30-minute cycling session, and 30 minutes after exercise
Positive affect will be assessed using the five-item positive-affect subscale of the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Short Form. The five items are summed to produce a score ranging from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater positive affect and therefore a better affective response.
- Negative Affect Before and After ExerciseImmediately before exercise, immediately after the 30-minute cycling session, and 30 minutes after exercise
Negative affect will be assessed using the five-item negative-affect subscale of the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Short Form. The five items are summed to produce a score ranging from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate greater negative affect and therefore a worse affective response.