Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment for Individuals With Food Addiction

Yale University50 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Food Addiction Overweight and Obesity Weight Loss

Interventions

Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) counselingBEHAVIORAL

This therapy is a weekly treatment which focuses on making gradual and modest lifestyle changes with goals of establishing regular patterns of eating, setting weekly goals, decreasing caloric intake, developing coping skills, and increasing physical activity.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Weight (e.g., change in percent weight loss)

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Food addiction (change in food addiction scores)

Yale Food Addiction Scale scores will be assessed by self-report (range of scores 0-7, higher score reflect greater food addiction symptoms)

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Food Craving (change in food craving scores)

Food Craving Inventory scores will be assessed by self-report (range of score 0-185, higher scores reflect greater food cravings).

Time frame: Up to 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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