Trial to Optimize Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Binge Eating & Weight-related Behaviors

Description

The purpose of this study is to conduct a micro-randomized trial to learn which evidence-based targets within a mobile intervention for binge eating and weight-related behaviors are most impactful for which people and in what sequence.

Conditions

Binge Eating, Obesity

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to conduct a micro-randomized trial to learn which evidence-based targets within a mobile intervention for binge eating and weight-related behaviors are most impactful for which people and in what sequence.

A Micro-Randomized Trial to Optimize Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Binge Eating & Weight-related Behaviors

Trial to Optimize Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Binge Eating & Weight-related Behaviors

Condition
Binge Eating
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adults age 18 years or older
  • * Obesity (BMI ≥30)
  • * Recurrent binge eating (≥12 episodes in the past 3 months)
  • * Interested in losing weight and reducing binge eating
  • * Willing to use a mobile application
  • * Has a smartphone with Internet access and capacity for calls and text messaging
  • * Has a valid email address
  • * Has access to a scale
  • * Not pregnant
  • * English-speaking
  • * Diagnosis for which the study/intervention is not clinically indicated
  • * Not currently receiving clinical services for weight management or binge eating

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Northwestern University,

Study Record Dates

2026-12-31