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University of Chicago  

Food and Sleep Research Study

Studying How Your Body Converts Food into Energy During Different Times of the Day


Researchers at The University of Chicago are studying the effects of meal timing. Healthy individuals, age 35 – 75 are needed for this research study. Your participation will require an overnight and two separate 6-day stays in the laboratory. You will receive up to $1550 for your participation, if you are not diabetic, a non-smoker and are interested in participation.

Compensation and Expectations

You may be paid up to $1550 for completing all parts of the study. To see if you are eligible for our study, you will go through a screening process ($150). If you are eligible to be a part of our study, you may continue on with the following sessions: Ambulatory & Baseline ($600), then Intervention ($800)

Register for this Study

To register for this study, please provide contact and demographic information then answer the eligibility questionnaire . Your gender and birthday are required to determine eligibility for this study. The researcher will be provided with an approximate age (in years).


Briefly describe the reason you are interested in this study and why you believe you are eligible to participate.

1. Have you ever done shift work (work late at night or early in the morning)? And if so, was it over six months ago?

 
 
 
 

2. Have you ever been told by a doctor you have diabetes?

 
 

3. Is Your BMI greater than 23? Please check by going to: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm Please enter your BMI under "Reason for Interest." Thank you.

 
 

4. Have you ever been told by a doctor you have sleep apnea?

 
 

5. Do you eat at least 2 meals per day?

 
 
 
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