NCT03531112

Reducing Binge Eating to Prevent Weight Gain in Black Women

Reducing Binge Eating to Prevent Weight Gain in Black Women: A Pilot Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the proposed study is to pilot a 6-month, cognitive-behavioral binge eating intervention, Appetite Awareness Training (AAT) to reduce binge eating and prevent weight gain for Black women with a BMI \> 25 kg/m\^2 and with weekly binge eating episodes. Intervention participants will receive a 8-week group AAT intervention, and will also receive bluetooth-connected scales for daily weighing. Participants will also receive tailored feedback on self-weighing frequency and weight change. The investigators will follow-up with participants at six months.

Detailed description

Aim 1. Using an experimental design, examine the feasibility and acceptability of 6-month AAT (N=40) in North Carolina. Forty overweight and obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m\^2) community-based Black women will be randomized to the AAT intervention or wait-list control (who will eventually receive the intervention). AAT participants will meet weekly for 8 weeks, followed by a 4-month period of daily weighing and weekly tailored feedback only. The study will examine the following: recruitment feasibility, attendance/retention, adherence, satisfaction, and barriers to completion. Aim 2: At 4 and 6 months, compare changes in (a) binge eating, eating self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms and (b) weight, blood pressure, and waist circumference for participants in the intervention vs. control group. H\_1: Participants in the AAT intervention will report less binge and overeating and gain less weight than those in the control group at 2 and 6 months. Secondary aim: Examine characteristics (e.g., baseline BMI, severity of binge eating, frequency of self-weighing) related to change in binge eating and weight.

Conditions

• Binge Eating
• Weight Loss
• Weight Gain Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Appetite Awareness Treatment + Lifestyle Modification	The AAT + LM intervention includes 16 60-90 minute group sessions to enable participants to be able to relearn their stomach's hunger signals and begin to obey and monitor functions of satiety. All sessions involve didactic training, review of self-monitoring of eating episodes, interactive activities, and homework assignments to enable participants to practice learned skills. Participants will be provided a workbook, which will include session content, and self-monitoring forms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-12
• Primary completion: 2020-02-13
• Completion: 2020-02-13
• First posted: 2018-05-21
• Last updated: 2021-12-17
• Results posted: 2021-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States