Depression, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
Type 2 Diabetes, Self-Esteem
Brief summary
Increasingly more individuals are trying to lose weight. Indeed, many women, regardless of their size, experience a life-long battle and preoccupation with their weight. Despite the attention to weight and the increase in diet behavior, the incidence of obesity continues to rise. There is little data to show improved long term success for the majority of participants who engage in weight loss behaviors. The specific aim is to improve the psychological and metabolic health of obese women with a history of chronic dieting through encouraging Health at Every Size (HAES). This treatment model emphasizes intutitive eating, i.e., internal regulation of eating (responding to cues of hunger, appetite and satiety). The HAES model is being compared to the current standard of care in obesity treatment, energy restriction dieting, which encourages cognitive control of eating and weight reduction.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHealth at Every Size (HAES)
BEHAVIORALDiet (Traditional, moderate energy restriction)
Sponsors
University of California, Davis
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
30 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Caucasian; * female; * age 30-45 years; * Body Mass Index (BMI)\>30 m/kg2; * non-smoker; * not pregnant or lactating; * Restraint Scale (Herman and Polivy, 1988) score \>15, indicating a history of chronic dieting; * no recent myocardial infarction; * no active neoplasms, Type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes, nor history of cerebrovascular or renal disease.
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed