A Weight Loss Trial for Emotional Eating

NCT ID: NCT02055391

Last Updated: 2014-02-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

79 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

Brief Summary

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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

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Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Behavioral Weight Loss

State of the art behavioral weight loss treatment

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Behavioral Weight Loss

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss

Combines behavioral weight loss skills with skills specifically targeting emotional eating.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Interventions

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Behavioral Weight Loss

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Temple University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Edie Goldbacher

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Edie M Goldbacher, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad La Salle, Mexico

Locations

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CORE

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Goldbacher E, La Grotte C, Komaroff E, Vander Veur S, Foster GD. An initial evaluation of a weight loss intervention for individuals who engage in emotional eating. J Behav Med. 2016 Feb;39(1):139-50. doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9678-6. Epub 2015 Sep 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26341357 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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F32DK083910

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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