Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Levothyroxine Substitution Therapy in Hypothyroid Patients - Impact on Appetite and Food Intake
Brief Summary:
This project has the following primary aims:
To measure changes in appetite and food intake in newly diagnosed hypothyroid patients during the first six months after starting levothyroxine (L-T4) substitution therapy
Secondary aims are:
To delineate the effect of L-T4 substitution therapy on thyroid status, body weight, body mass index (BMI), body composition, physical activity, glycaemic control, postprandial gut and pancreatic hormone responses, gastric and gall bladder emptying, resting energy expenditure (REE), quality of life (QOL) and cognitive function