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Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT00125112
Purpose
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.
Official Title
Internet Weight Control for Bingeing Adolescents
Stanford Investigator(s)
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)
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Internet-based intervention designed to reduce binge eating and improve healthy weight regulation
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305