Obesity
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavioral Weight Loss
Weekly group meetings addressing behavioral weight loss skills including calorie counting, exercise, behavior modification, environmental changes, and coping with triggers.
BEHAVIORALEnhanced 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.
Sponsors
Temple University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| weight change | 12 weeks and 20 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| changes in emotional eating | 12 weeks and 20 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed