Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment for Individuals With Food Addiction
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Weight (e.g., change in percent weight loss)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to examine how well an existing weight loss treatment works for individuals with food addiction. Treatment will consist of a preliminary 12-week RCT pilot of the feasibility and effectiveness of behavioral weight loss (BWL) compared to a waitlist control.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •BMI 25-50 kg/m2
- •Meets criteria for Food Addiction (based on the self-report score from the Yale Food Addiction Scale)
- •Available for the duration of the treatment (3 months)
- •Read, comprehend, and write English at a sufficient level to complete study-related materials.
- •Availability of internet to participate in study interventions (i.e., electronic SMART scales)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Co-existing psychiatric condition that requires hospitalization or more intensive treatment (e.g., bipolar mood disorders, psychotic illnesses, severe depression).
- •Reports active suicidal or homicidal ideation
- •Current anorexia or bulimia nervosa
- •Endorsing current or history of heart trouble/chest pain.
- •Breast-feeding or pregnant, or planning to become pregnant during the study.
- •History of stroke or myocardial infarction.
- •Current or recent (within 12 months) drug or alcohol dependence
- •Currently receiving effective treatment for eating or weight loss, including individual who received bariatric surgery within the past five years
- •Currently participating in another clinical study.
Arms & Interventions
Behavioral Weight Loss
Behavioral: Participants randomized assigned to this arm will received 12 weeks of Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counseling.
Intervention: Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counseling (Behavioral)
Waitlist Control
Waitlist Control: Participants assigned to this arm will attend follow-up visits to control for the effect of time. Following completion of post-treatment assessment participants in the waitlist control group will be offered an abbreviated BWL treatment.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Weight (e.g., change in percent weight loss)
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
Food addiction (change in food addiction scores)
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
Yale Food Addiction Scale scores will be assessed by self-report (range of scores 0-7, higher score reflect greater food addiction symptoms)
Secondary Outcomes
- Food Craving (change in food craving scores)(Up to 8 weeks)