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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2020

A 1-day acceptance and commitment therapy workshop leads to reductions in emotional eating in adults.

Mallory Frayn, Sabrah Khanyari, Bärbel Knäuper

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

NCT03744780 nacompletednot on this map

A One-Day ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill UniversityRan2018 to 2019Enrolled32ConditionsEmotional Eating, Eating BehaviorArmsACT Workshop for Emotional Eating
NCT04457804 nacompletednot on this map

A Brief Virtual ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill UniversityRan2020 to 2020Enrolled30ConditionsEmotional Eating, Eating BehaviorArmsVirtual ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating
NCT06647121 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

A Randomized Pilot and Feasibility Trial Investigating a Mobile Application-Delivered Mindfulness Exercise for Navigating Psychological Distress: Dropping Anchor Delivered As a Stepwise Image Sequence

TypeinterventionalSponsorBarbel KnauperRan2024 to 2025Enrolled60ConditionsPsychological DistressArmsACT Psychoeducational Workshop, ACTaide Mobile App, Reminders-only mobile app
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  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. A randomized controlled trial of an acceptance and commitment therapy-informed diabetes prevention program reduces body shame and distress.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mallory FraynDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada. mallory.frayn@mail.mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-6816
Sabrah KhanyariDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.
Bärbel KnäuperDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G1, Canada.

Funding

CIHR CIHR PJT-153383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeEmotional eating has been defined as the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions and is a symptom of emotion dysregulation. Interventions for emotional eating have been developed based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). However, these interventions only address emotional eating in the context of weight loss programs and are therefore not available in a weight neutral context.

methodsThe present study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a 1-day ACT workshop that taught skills to reduce emotional eating, without promoting weight loss. The workshop was delivered in a single day and aimed to reduce emotional eating by improving values clarification and commitment, acceptance, and mindfulness. Follow-ups were conducted at 2 weeks and 3 months post-intervention.

resultsResults suggest feasibility and acceptability of the 1-day workshop; participants described appreciating the brevity of the program and its applicability to their everyday lives. Improvements in emotional eating were found at 2 weeks (t(31) = 5.80, p < 0.001) and 3 months (t(29) = 6.96, p < 0.001). A repeated measures MANOVA revealed a significant main effect of time (F(14, 96) = 4.98, p < 0.001, partial η

conclusionThe results from this study can be used to inform a larger-scale randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of the program in a larger sample and eventually disseminate it in other real-world settings.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03744780. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, evidence obtained from multiple time series with the intervention.

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Acceptance and Commitment TherapyHyperphagiaMindfulnessAdultBody WeightEmotionsHumansAcceptance and commitment therapyEating behaviorEmotional eatingHealth at Every Size®Weight neutral

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PMID31541426

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