Modified cue exposure for adolescents with binge eating behaviour: study protocol of a randomised pilot trial called EXI_(ea)T.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Binge eating (BE) behaviour is highly prevalent in adolescents, and can result in serious metabolic derangements and overweight in the long term. Weakened functioning of the behavioural inhibition system is one potential pathway leading to BE. Food cue exposure focusing on expectancy violation (CE_EV) is a short intervention for BE that has proven effective in adults but has never been tested in adolescents. Thus, the current randomised pilot trial evaluates the feasibility of CE_EV for adolescents and its efficacy in reducing eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) of binge food items.

Methods and analysis

The trial will include N=76 female adolescents aged between 13 and 20 years with a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa, binge eating disord

SUBMITTER: Preuss-van Viersen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature