A Weight Loss Trial for Emotional Eating

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Behavioral Weight Loss; Behavioral: Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss

• Registration Number: NCT02055391
• Lead Sponsor: Temple University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new weight loss treatment which incorporates behavioral weight loss skills and skills for learning how to identify, manage, and cope with emotions helps with weight loss and emotional eating in people who are overweight and eat in response to emotions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-02
• Study Completion: 2011-02
• Study First Submitted: 2011-08-15
• Status Verified: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2014-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 79

Inclusion Criteria

• Non-smoker, free of diabetes, overweight and interested in losing weight, eat in response to emotions

Exclusion Criteria

• Diabetes, any major medical or psychiatric condition that would compromise ability to participate, hypertension, current mental health treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Behavioral Weight Loss	Behavioral Weight Loss	State of the art behavioral weight loss treatment
Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss	Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss	Combines behavioral weight loss skills with skills specifically targeting emotional eating.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
weight change	12 weeks and 20 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
changes in emotional eating	12 weeks and 20 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CORE; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States