45
Participants
Start Date
July 25, 2022
Primary Completion Date
December 20, 2024
Study Completion Date
July 1, 2026
Cold acclimation
The cold water immersions will last 30-60 minutes per day and the volunteers will undergo 2-3 cold immersions per week.
Intervention Control group - volunteers with obesity
Participants with obesity in the control group will undergo PET/CT scans at baseline and 12 weeks after the first scan.
Acute cold exposure
All participants (lean and with obesity) will undergo PET/scans after 2 hours of cold exposure to investigate BAT perfusion and BAT glucose uptake.
Turku PET Centre, Turku
University of Turku
OTHER
University of Barcelona
OTHER
University of Ottawa
OTHER
Turku University Hospital
OTHER_GOV