Optimizing Weight Loss Outcomes Through Body Image Enhancement

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-13

Study Completion Date

2022-05-08

Brief Summary

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The study will examine if a standard group-delivered cognitive behavioral lifestyle intervention for weight loss can be improved via the incorporation of a novel body image intervention designed to address body image and improve weight loss outcomes in a sample of women with overweight/obesity.

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Detailed Description

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Weight loss is associated with improved morbidity and mortality in people with overweight/obesity. Lifestyle-focused interventions reliably produce modest weight loss. While some comprehensive multidisciplinary weight management interventions include behavioral and psychosocial aspects of behavior change, including brief body image education, few have focused substantially on body image as a potentially salient influence on motivation and/or successful outcomes. Body image is an individual's perception of their physical self. A common psychosocial correlate of obesity is body dissatisfaction, and research has shown that individuals with obesity are more often dissatisfied with their bodies than individuals without obesity. Multiple studies suggest that improving body image might enhance eating self-regulation during weight management interventions and engagement in physical activity. Additionally, negative body image has been associated with detrimental health outcomes, such as emotional eating and avoidance of physical activity. Although body image has been addressed in the context of obesity and weight management, it is often done in a cursory manner. To date, no weight loss programs have attempted to develop a novel body image intervention that specifically targets the necessary dichotomy between body acceptance and expectable desire for body changes in a weight loss program. As such, the investigators will examine if a standard group-delivered cognitive behavioral lifestyle intervention for weight loss can be improved via the incorporation of a novel body image intervention designed to address body image and improve weight loss outcomes.

Conditions

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Overweight and 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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Lifestyle Intervention (LI)

Participants will receive a standard, 12-week, group-delivered cognitive behavioral lifestyle intervention for weight loss.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Lifestyle Intervention (LI)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A multidisciplinary, group-delivered, multidisciplinary weight loss program addressing various lifestyle factors impacting weight loss.

Lifestyle Intervention with Body Image Treatment (LIBI)

Participants will receive a standard, 12-week, group-delivered cognitive behavioral lifestyle intervention for weight loss supplemented with a novel body image intervention designed to address body image issues in the context of weight loss.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Lifestyle Intervention with Body Image Treatment (LIBI)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A body image protocol designed to improve outcomes in a group-delivered multidisciplinary weight loss program by addressing body acceptance within a context of positive behavior change and utilizing existing body discomfort and re-purposing it as an agent of motivation.

Interventions

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Experimental: Lifestyle Intervention with Body Image Treatment (LIBI)

A body image protocol designed to improve outcomes in a group-delivered multidisciplinary weight loss program by addressing body acceptance within a context of positive behavior change and utilizing existing body discomfort and re-purposing it as an agent of motivation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle Intervention (LI)

A multidisciplinary, group-delivered, multidisciplinary weight loss program addressing various lifestyle factors impacting weight loss.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age: 18 and older
* Sex: Female
* BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
* Participants who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant over the next 4 months
* Participants who are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed over the next 4 months
* Participants who have received a diagnosis of diabetes (type I or II)
* Participants who been told NOT to lose weight or exercise for any reason by a healthcare provider
* Participants who currently have psychiatric illnesses (e.g., Psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression/anxiety)
* Participants who currently have persistent suicidal thoughts or have attempted suicide in the last year
* Participants with a history of diagnosed eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes