NCT01888406

Binge Eating Self-help Treatment for University Students

Targeting Binge Eating to Prevent Weight Gain in College Students

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 130 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Francine Rosselli · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

BEST4US compares the effectiveness of two forms of self-help interventions that target college students, ages 18 years to 22 years, who report binge eating. The overall question is whether one or the other format will prevent excess weight gain and lead to differences in eating behaviors. The two formats are (1) "pure self-help" (receipt of a self-help program via book form or online texts) and (2) a combination of the self-help program and guidance provided by a trained peer coach over the course of 8 weekly sessions.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Binge Eating Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Guided Self-Help
BEHAVIORAL	Pure Self-Help

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-06-27
• Last updated: 2013-06-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States