Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to determine if an internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss, or weight maintenance, in overweight adolescents who binge eat.
Description
The purpose of this study is to determine if an internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation skills will result in reductions in binge eating and weight loss, or weight maintenance, in overweight adolescents who binge eat.
Status: Completed (Phase 1). Started on February 1st, 2005.
Enrollment: 120 subjects
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design:
- Allocation: Randomized
- Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: Open Label
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions:
Interventions:
- Behavioral: Internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
Female and male high school students in Hayward Unified School District or Meridian School District
85th or greater percentile for age-adjusted weight
Objective binge eating one or more times weekly for a duration of ��� 3 months
Access to a computer with internet access
English literacy at a sixth grade reading level
Exclusion Criteria:
Current (or history of) diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia nervosa
Active suicidal ideation
Current enrollment in a formal weight loss or binge eating program (e.g., Weight Watchers)
Any medical condition in which the actual condition or treatment affects weight and/or appetite (i.e., cancer, diabetes)
- Gender
Both
- Mininum Age
14 Years
- Maximum Age
18 Years
- Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Resources
Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Authority: United States: Federal Government
Locations
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Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford
California
94305-5722
United States
Officials
C. Barr Taylor, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
Sponsors
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (Lead Sponsor)
References
None.
Links
None.
- Date Verified
- January 1st, 2010
- First Received
- January 15th, 2010
- Last Changed
- January 15th, 2010
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 09, 2011. Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
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