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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2016

An initial evaluation of a weight loss intervention for individuals who engage in emotional eating.

Edie Goldbacher, Caitlin La Grotte, Eugene Komaroff, Stephanie Vander Veur, Gary D Foster

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02055391 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Weight Loss Intervention for Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02055391 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Weight Loss Intervention for Obesity

TypeinterventionalSponsorTemple UniversityRan2009 to 2011Enrolled79ConditionsObesityArmsBehavioral Weight Loss, Enhanced Behavioral Weight Loss
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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  4. Third-wave cognitive behaviour therapies for weight management: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Edie GoldbacherDepartment of Psychology, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19141, USA. goldbacher@lasalle.edu.
Caitlin La GrotteDepartment of Psychology, La Salle University, 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19141, USA.
Eugene KomaroffDepartment of Education, Keiser University Graduate School, 1900 W. Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33309, USA.
Stephanie Vander VeurCenter for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, 3223 N. Broad Street, Suite 175, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.
Gary D FosterCenter for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, 3223 N. Broad Street, Suite 175, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.
Temple University · USKeiser University · USLa Salle University · US

Funding

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Weight Loss Intervention for ObesityF32DK083910 · NIDDK · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI GOLDBACHER, EDIE M · 2009 to 2010
$80k
NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK083910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledEmotional eating may contribute to variability in weight loss and may warrant specialized treatment, although no randomized studies of specialized treatments exist for individuals who engage in emotional eating. This pilot study tested a new weight loss intervention for individuals who emotionally eat and compared it to the standard behavioral weight loss treatment (SBT). 79 predominantly female (95 %), predominantly African American (79.7 %) individuals who emotionally eat (BMI = 36.2 ± 4.1 kg/m(2)) were randomized to (1) a new enhanced behavioral treatment (EBT), incorporating skills for managing emotions and emotional eating or (2) a SBT. Primary outcomes were weight and emotional eating at 20 weeks. Weight decreased significantly in both groups (SBT: -5.77 kg (-7.49, -4.04); EBT: -5.83 kg (-7.57, -4.09)), with no significant between-group differences. Similar results were produced for emotional eating. Results suggest that SBT may be effective for reducing weight and emotional eating in individuals who emotionally eat, and that adding emotional-eating specific strategies may not provide additional benefits beyond those produced by SBT interventions in the short-term.Registration site: www.clinicaltrials.gov . REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02055391.

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AdultBehavior TherapyBlack or African AmericanBody WeightEatingEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityPilot ProjectsWeight LossAfrican-AmericanEmotional eatingInterventionObesityWeight loss

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PMID26341357
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