New study: therapy and app may curb emotional eating in overweight adults
NCT ID NCT07559552
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a type of talk therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), combined with a mobile app, can help overweight people who eat in response to emotions like stress or sadness. About 78 adults will be split into groups: some get group therapy, some get therapy plus the app, and others are a control group. The goal is to see if these tools improve emotional eating, emotion regulation, and psychological flexibility over six weeks.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 78 people
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- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
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- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 65 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Agreeing to participate in the study, * Being between 18-65 years of age, * Having a body mass index ≤ 25 (BMI ≤ 29.9), * Being able to read and write, * Having an iOS or Android smartphone, * Having internet access, * Having a home environment suitable for online sessions (having a computer/smartphone, internet access at home, the patient being able to be alone in the room during the session, etc.), Exclusion Criteria: * Having communication problems that would prevent the interview, * Having a diagnosis of a mental disorder, including an eating disorder, that would prevent participation in the study, or having concomitant serious medical conditions that could potentially jeopardize study participation. * Having undergone bariatric surgery. • Being on the waiting list for bariatric surgery. * Being pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant within the next 6 months. * Receiving therapy/counseling for emotional eating and emotion regulation problems, * Using a mobile application for emotional eating and emotion regulation problems,
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Locations
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Zonguldak Atatürk State Hospital
Zonguldak, Merkez, 67000, Turkey (Türkiye)
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