Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Obesity, Eating Disorders

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00125112

Run by

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

People needed

120

Starts

2005-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-01-18

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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)

Where it is running

• Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences — Stanford, California, United States

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