Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)14 enrolled

Overview

The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Emotional Eating Obesity

Interventions

Psycho-educational weight reduction programBEHAVIORAL

This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals must be enrolled at a university. * Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019). Exclusion Criteria: * The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study. * The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study. * Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.

Locations (1)

Nimra Anjum

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in Emotional Eating on Emotional Eating Scale (EES-25) after 12 weeks

The EES-25 is a validated self-report scale assessing the level of emotional eating. Possible scores range from 25 (No desire to eat) to 125 (an overwhelming urge to eat) Change=week 12 score-baseline score

Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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