Figure 1. Clinical study outline.
Day 1: Screening examination including labs and informed consent.
Day 2: TFEQ (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire) administration.
Day 3: DXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan.
Day 4: OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test).
Day 5: Twenty-four-hour assessment of energy metabolism inside the metabolic chamber and twenty-four-hour urine collection for measurement of dopamine concentrations in eucaloric conditions.
Days 1–5: Subjects were fed a weight maintaining diet (WMD)
Days 6–7-8: Assessment of ad libitum food intake by a computerized vending machine paradigm.