A Weight Loss Trial for Emotional Eating

N/ACompletedNCT02055391

Temple University79 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Behavioral Weight LossBEHAVIORAL

Weekly group meetings addressing behavioral weight loss skills including calorie counting, exercise, behavior modification, environmental changes, and coping with triggers.

Enhanced Behavioral Weight LossBEHAVIORAL

Weekly group meetings that combine behavioral weight loss skills (calorie counting, exercise, behavior modification, environmental changes) with skills to decrease emotional eating by learning ways to manage and cope with emotions without eating.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

CORE

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

weight change

Time frame: 12 weeks and 20 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

changes in emotional eating

Time frame: 12 weeks and 20 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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