Evaluating "Health at Every Size"(HAES) as an Alternative Obesity Treatment Model

January 12, 2010 updated by: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Increasingly more individuals are trying to lose weight. Indeed, many women, regardless of their size, experience a life-long battle and preoccupation with their weight. Despite the attention to weight and the increase in diet behavior, the incidence of obesity continues to rise. There is little data to show improved long term success for the majority of participants who engage in weight loss behaviors.

The specific aim is to improve the psychological and metabolic health of obese women with a history of chronic dieting through encouraging "Health at Every Size" (HAES). This treatment model emphasizes "intutitive eating," i.e., internal regulation of eating (responding to cues of hunger, appetite and satiety). The HAES model is being compared to the current standard of care in obesity treatment, energy restriction dieting, which encourages cognitive control of eating and weight reduction.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

79

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Davis, California, United States, 95616
        • Western Human Nutrition Research Center
      • Davis, California, United States, 95616
        • Nutrition Department, University of California, Davis

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

30 years to 45 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

  • Caucasian;
  • female;
  • age 30-45 years;
  • Body Mass Index (BMI)>30 m/kg2;
  • non-smoker;
  • not pregnant or lactating;
  • Restraint Scale (Herman and Polivy, 1988) score >15, indicating a history of chronic dieting;
  • no recent myocardial infarction;
  • no active neoplasms, Type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes, nor history of cerebrovascular or renal disease.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

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

Collaborators

University of California, Davis
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2000

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 17, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 18, 2003

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 19, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 13, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 12, 2010

Last Verified

January 1, 2010

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • OBFRETTO (completed)

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